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Old forms are not an issue. Last year's forms would have been opened by the Financial Secretary and printed and submitted to the IRS or accountant or whoever is the ultimate recipient of this information in that year. There would be no reason for someone to go back one or more years and open or print old, incorrectly-dated forms. So that doesn't bother me. But I still need to know how to create the field that automatically displays the date December 31 with the current year, in a box that the user sees when the file is opened, without having to type anything into the box. That continues to be the question: what kind of field is this and what code do I type in to get such a display?

Actually, as I  think about it more, I  really need the year displayed to say LAST YEAR, because, for example, in early 2015 I am filling out the form that contains my information for fiscal year ending December 31, 2014... last year. So I need the proper code to display "CURRENT YEAR MINUS 1" in effect. Does that make sense? Is that possible? Maybe I need 2 separate fields: one text box with the unchanging date of "December 31," followed by the auto-displayed variable year of "Current Year -1". What will display the 4-digit year prior to the current year?