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On accessing Business Tax you must enter the business identifier.
To select the client either:
type the identifier in the Client 
field and press enter; or
click the magnifying glass 
next to the Client field to display a list of clients. (If your client is not shown on the list select ‘Whole practice’ in the ‘Database view’ field to show all businesses on the database. Either double click the identifier to select it or click on it once to highlight it and click select.
If this is the first time you have used the client in Business Tax IRIS asks if you wish to make that business a client, answer ‘Yes’.
If this is the first time you have used the client in Business Tax and you have not used Accounts Production the program needs to save the profit per the financial statements into a posting entry, reply 'Yes' when you are asked if you want to start a new entry.
If you have used the client before but want to start a new period click on the magnifier next to the Posting field and click new to start a new year.
Once the screen is complete, click OK.
If this is the first time you have used this client for this year you will be asked if you want to start a Business Tax posting entry, reply Yes.
When the post file actions panel is displayed select Add.
You will be asked to enter a description for the posting entry. You do not have to enter one but it is a good idea to enter a description incorporating your period end date.
For any period except the first period you will next be asked if you want to bring forward postings from the last period. Usually you will reply Yes to this question so that if you disallowed a particular Accounts Production account last year it will be disallowed this year automatically to reduce data entry.
Finally the posting entry you have started will be displayed on a panel ready for you to select, so click Select.
Select Edit > Update Profits and complete the turnover and expenses fields as required.
You are now ready to enter your Business Tax data.
Once you have selected the client Business Tax assumes you want to use the most recent year end so this appears in the Posting field. This field displays the Accounts Production posting entry, as this is the entry from which Business Tax will derive the profit etc.
To select an alternative year end click the magnifying glass next to the Posting field to display a list of period end dates and select the year end you want to use. This will change the posting entry in use on the toolbar.