TaxSlayer offices will be closed Wednesday, December 24th and Thursday, December 25th. Support will reopen on Friday, December 26th. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Monday, December 22nd to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

1040 VIEW

• Display dependent age on new 2025 1040 View (Update)

FORM 1099-R

• Add text to include QCD’s in the text under Box 2a when calculating taxable amount (Update)

USERNAME DISPLAY

• When inside a tax return, display the logged in username (Enhancement)

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, December 17th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

1040-NR

• The 1040-NR program now has a “1040-NR” Interactive View on Summary/Print page (Update)

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Monday, December 15th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

• Correct the issue that is not allowing Medicare Premiums to be entered (Issue 3535)

The 2025 OnDemand TaxSlayer Enhancement webinar for the 2026 Filing Season is now available. A direct link is available below and is also accessible under Section 6 in the Practice Lab.

• 2025 TaxSlayer Enhancement Webinar – Click Here

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, December 10th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

LEFT NAVIGATION

• Left nav menu sub-menu text is wrong color under Basic Information (Issue 3526)

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Monday, December 8th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

FORM 8379

• Update Injured Spouse Page to use YES/NO buttons instead of checkboxes (Update)

LEFT NAVIGATION MENU (DID NOT DEPLOY)

• Left nav menu text is wrong color under Basic Information (Issue 3526)

Message From SPEC

In order to increase awareness and provide information to SPEC partners, on Tuesday, December 2nd , IRS SPEC hosted their monthly Employee and Partner Joint Webinar Session. The session was recorded, and we want to make sure it is available for our partners and volunteers who were unable to join. All partners and volunteers are invited to view the recording. If there are any questions or concerns, please reach out to your Relationship Manager and SPEC will address your concerns and provide answers to your questions.

Joint Webcast Recording – CLICK HERE