Form 1, 2 and 3

The U.S. Trustee Forms 1, 2 and 3 are grouped together and share a Parameters window as well as additional Options.  See Form 1, Form 2 and Form 3 for more details.

Accessing the Report

From the Trustee Suite Main Menu toolbar, select ‘Reports’, click on the ‘UST Forms’ tab and select ‘Form 1, 2 and 3’ from the Print Reports screen to invoke the Parameters for Forms 1, 2 and 3 screen (shown below).

Generating the Report

From the Parameters for Forms 1, 2 and 3 screen, populate the following fields:

  • Generate (three checkbox options):  Select ‘Form 1’, ‘Form 2’ and/or ‘Form 3’ (a window for each form will be opened for each form selected).
  • Trustee:  Select the Trustee number or ‘-All-‘.
  • Case:  Select the Case number via the drop-down box.
  • Date Range:  Enter the appropriate date range.
  • Date Signed:  Enter the date the applicable form was signed (the default is the current date).
  • Asset Type:  Select ‘Both’, ‘Asset’ or ‘No Asset’ via the radio buttons.
  • Sort by:  Select ‘Case Number’ or ‘Case Name’ via the radio buttons.

Printing the Report

From the Parameters for Case Professionals screen, select from the following options:

•  Preview:  Selecting this button enables you to view before printing.

•  Print:  Selecting this button sends the report to the default printer.

•  To PDF:  This button prints the report to PDF and saves a copy to Document Management.

•  Cancel:  This button undoes any changes and cancels the print job.

•  Save Defaults:  This button sets the current field selections as the default each time this report is accessed.

•  Options:  Select the ‘Options’ button to invoke the following screen and then select the appropriate parameters:

•  Trustees to Include when -All- is Chosen (leaving blank selects all):  More than one Trustee generated report can be selected with this.  To choose more than one Trustee, set the parameter screen Trustee field to ‘-All-‘  Then either type the list of Trustee numbers, separated by commas, or right click in the field and select Trustees from a list.

•  Case Selection:  Select either ‘All Cases’, ‘Asset Cases Only’, ‘No Asset Cases Only’ or ‘All Asset Cases and No Asset Cases when NDR > 341A + 120’ via the radio buttons.

•  Orientation:  Select either ‘Landscape’ or ‘Portrait’ via the radio buttons.

•  Signature Line:  Select either ‘Form 1’, ‘Form2’ or ‘e-sign Form3’ via the checkboxes.

•  Form 1 and Form 2:

•  Select either ‘Include Cases with a Closed Date or TDR Date in the Period’ or ‘Include Cases with a TFR Date Before the End of the Period’.

•  Collate:  Select the appropriate option from the drop-down menu.

•  Form 2 (seven checkboxes and a drop-down menu):

•  Include Transactions Before the Beginning of the Period:  Selected by default.

•  Include Accounts with no Transactions in the Period:  Selected by default.

•  Include Memo Transactions with a Zero Amount:  Allows Memo Transactions that have not been coded with a “Ledger Category Code,” to be included or excluded from Form 2.

•  Print Transaction Addresses:  Leaving this box unchecked shortens Form 2, as transaction addresses will be excluded.  Only the “Paid To” and “Received From” names will be printed.

•  Print Net Estate Calculation:  Selecting this checkbox will provide a breakdown on Form 2 of how the net estate figure was calculated.

•  Show Account #:  Select as applicable.

•  Show Detailed Account Totals:  Select as applicable.

•  Print Case Transfers Total:  Select the appropriate option from the drop-down list.

•  Form 3 (Four checkboxes and a button option):

•  Print Next Activity Memo:  Select as applicable.

•  Estimated Final Report Dates:  With this option ETFRs will print in Column 7.  If ETFRs are after the end of the reporting date, you must select “Disposition Dates after Thru Date.”

•  Disp. Dates After Thru Date:  This option will report the case status after the “thru” date at the end of the reporting period.  Typing 1 to 3 characters in the ‘Mark Dates After Thru Date With’ field shows which disposition dates are after the “thru” date.

•  Show Case Count:  Select as applicable.

•  Mark Dates After Thru Date With:  Enter the appropriate value, as applicable.

•  Set to 180 Day Reporting:  When you click on this button, the Forms 1, 2 and 3 Options will be automatically set to the U.S. Trustee guidelines for 180 Day Reports.

•  Footnote Fields (the text fields along the right side of the screen):  One-character fields that you use to indicate on Form 1 and Form 2 certain features listed below.

•  Diff. Original Trus. Value (for Form 1 only):  The character typed in this field will indicate when the current Trustee value is different than the original Trustee value in Column 3.

•  Transfer:  A symbol in this field reports on Form 2 when a ledger transaction is a transfer in the receipts and disbursements column.

•  Memo:  On Form 2, this field will show when a memo has a category.  Memo transactions without final report categories also appear when “Include Memo Transactions Without Final Report Code” is chosen.

•  Voids & Refunds:  A symbol in this field reports on Form 2 when a receipt is tied to a final ledger category of type expense and when a disbursement is tied to the Final Report category of income.

•  Pay. to Debtor:  Type the appropriate character in this field, as applicable.

•  Non Compens. (compensables):  This field also reports on Form 2 when ledger transactions are tied to categories “Exemptions paid to Debtor,” “Surplus to Debtor” and “Non-Estate funds paid to 3rd parties.”

•  Click on the ‘OK’ button to return to the Parameters for Forms 1, 2 and 3 screen or on the ‘Cancel’ button to discard your selections.

•  If you want to save your selected parameters, click on ‘Save Defaults’.

•  To run the report(s), click on ‘Print’, ‘Preview’ or ‘to PDF’.

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