EDI Viewer - AC2 Form

The AC2 Form window is used to edit and enter AC2 forms for facility cost centers.

The Select an AC2: list box at the top of the window lists the date prepared and type for all AC2 forms for this FCC. Picking a selection from this list box will show you that AC2 form. This allows you to see a complete audit trail of AC2 forms. The list box at the top of the window will be empty for new AC2 forms until you enter your data and save it.

Picking an AC2 from the list that is not the most recent AC2, will put that AC2 form into a Read Only status. Since there is a newer AC2, all previous AC2s cannot be edited preserving your audit trail, but still allowing you to view and print them. This rule has an exception and the exception is, if the latest AC2 is an amendment for a previous year, you can still edit the AC2 for the most recent production year. ( if your latest AC2 was an amendment for 1997 and you had a 1998 AC2 entered, both of these forms would still be editable).

   
To add a new AC2 or edit an existing AC2, do the following:
  1. Open the FCC Explorer window.
  2. Click on the FCC you want to add or edit an AC2 form for from the FCC Explorer window, and then click on the AC2 toolbar button. This will take you to the AC2 window and show you the last AC2 that was entered.
  3. Follow the steps below to add a new AC2 or just edit the AC2 you see on the screen. Only the last AC2 form is editable and all previous AC2s have Read Only status because they are your audit trail of what you have filed.

To add or insert a new AC2, you can do any one of the following:

  • Right-click your mouse to get a popup menu and choose add or insert.
  • Press the shortcut keys, CRTL and A (add) or CTRL and I (insert).
  • Click the edit menu at the top of the screen and then choose add or insert.

To delete a AC2, click on the AC2 form and do any one of the following:

  • Right-click your mouse to get a popup menu and choose delete.
  • Press the shortcut keys, CRTL and D.
  • Click the edit menu at the top of the screen and then choose delete.

Note: You will not be able to delete an AC2 if you are in read only mode.

Business Rules:

  • When adding a new AC2, you must use a date prepared that is after the most recent date prepared in the system for this FCC. All previous AC2 forms are then placed in a Read Only mode, preserving your audit trail.
    • This rule has an exception and the exception is, if the latest AC2 is an amendment for a previous year, you can still edit the AC2 for the most recent production year. (if your latest AC2 was an amendment for 1997 and you had a 1998 AC2 entered, both of these forms would still be editable).
  • On the top of the AC2 form there if a check box title "First AC2". Since this may be the first AC2 for this facility cost center in EDI Viewer, but not the first AC2 filed for this facility cost center, the system needs to know this.
    • Check this if this is the first AC2 being filed for this facility cost center. When you click this check box to indicate that this is the first AC2, adding capital additions will place the total capital addition amount in form areas 2.1 and 2.2 and leave 2.3 at zero. This gives you a better deduction.
  • To do an Amendment, select the AC2 form you want to amend from the Select an AC2 list box at the top of this window. This shows you the original AC2 you are going to amend. Next, click the right-mouse button to see the popup menu. You will now see a choice at the bottom of the menu to Add Amendment. Choosing Add Amendment makes a copy of the original AC2 for you to make your amendments on. At the top of the AC2 form you will see a field where you can enter an amendment description. This gives you an audit trail of why you made this amendment and does not show up when printing the form.
  • Making an amendment that results in changes to capital amounts will cause any AC forms for production years ahead of the year you are amending to recalculate new balances and create an amendment AC2 form for those production years. This keeps your original AC2 forms untouched by amendments to previous years. (for example, you have a 1997 and 1998 AC2 for a FCC. You create an amendment for the 1997 AC2 which has capital changes, the system will create an amendment for the 1998 AC2 with new capital balances. This leaves your original 1998 AC2 form you filed as an audit trail.)
   
To enter AC2 Capital Additions, click on the tab Part 3 - Capital Additions. When you change tabs, your data is saved, so in this case, all data on tab AC2 - Parts 1,2 would be saved if it passed validation.  
To enter AC2 CCA Allocations, click on the tab Part 4 - CCA Allocations. When you change tabs, your data is saved, so in this case, all data on tab AC2 - Parts 1,2 would be saved if it passed validation.  
To enter AC2 Custom Processing, click on the tab Part 5 - CPAF Calculation. When you change tabs, your data is saved, so in this case, all data on tab AC2 - Parts 1,2 would be saved if it passed validation.  
To enter AC2 Operating Costs, click on the tab Operating Costs. When you change tabs, your data is saved, so in this case, all data on tab AC2 - Parts 1,2 would be saved if it passed validation.  
To Print an AC2 form, click the Print toolbar button or choose Print from the File menu. It does not matter which tab you are on when you print.