We will be placing the site in maintenance on Thursday, December 27th to release a series of back-end updates. No customer facing updates are scheduled.

We will be placing the site in maintenance on Thursday morning to release the below updates.

1040 VIEW

• Update a display issue where Child Tax Credit was being marked instead of Other Dependent Credit when applicable (Issue 2218)

1099-INT/OID/DIV

• Remove the current requirement to provide a TIN

E-FILE BLOCK

• Correct an issue where a 1099-DIV with only tax-exempt dividend interest was prompting a blank 1099-DIV e-file block (Issue 2243)

FILING STATUS WIZARD

• Update referenced years for the upcoming 2018 filing season (Issue 2223)

INACTIVITY TIMER INSIDE THE RETURN

• Update the inactivity timer to 15 minutes when inside of the return per IRS Security Summit regulations for the upcoming season

REFUND GENERATOR

• Update the Refund Generator display when inside a return to make it more distinguished when a balance is owed to the IRS and/or state(s)

*Click here to download a PDF of our Cumulative Release Notes.

The site will be placed in maintenance on Tuesday, December 18th to release the below updates.

E-FILE BLOCK

• Correct a one-off issue where an incorrect e-file block was prompted for a 1099-R when a PSO Exclusion was reported (Issue 2193)

EIC CHECKLIST

• Correct an issue where two questions on the EIC Checklist, when answered, were not saved when returning to the checklist menu (Issue 2248)

HEALTH INSURANCE

• Adding the new exemption Code G for “General Hardship” to the exemption drop-down selection (Issue 2229)

*Click here to download a PDF of our Cumulative Release Notes.

If you have attempted to view one of our TaxSlayer training videos in the Practice Lab but only see a white screen instead, this post is for you.

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Practice Returns 1 through 7 , International Practice Return,  Military Practice Return, and the Puerto Rico Practice Returns found under Section 6 of the Practice Lab have been updated using 2018 figures.

We will be placing the site in maintenance on Tuesday, December 11th to release the below update but to primarily release back-end updates.

1099-INT/DIV/OID

• Adding Payer TIN fields to accompany the already released Payer Address entry fields
  • The TIN is currently a required field but this requirement will be removed in the next couple weeks since the TIN is a not required field for Federal returns (Resolved).

CAPITAL GAIN/LOSS GRID VIEW

• The Capital Gain/Loss entry grid has been updated to include the owner of reported transaction (Taxpayer, Spouse, or Taxpayer & Spouse). This new update cleans up this view for easier Quality Review and also allows future enhancements to include the net gain/loss to also be displayed now that more real estate has been created.

*Click here to download a PDF of our Cumulative Release Notes.

VITA/TCE Support will close on Friday, December 7th at 3:00pm ET and will reopen on Saturday, December 8th at 8:00am ET

The site will be placed in maintenance while the below items are deployed live on Thursday, December 6th.

1099-R/RRB-1099-R

• Correct the issue where an error is presented when trying to access the Simplified Method Worksheet (Issue 2235)

ARIZONA

• Correct a print issue in 2017 where the checkbox is not being marked for Box 4a when applicable for TP/SP qualifying for injured spouse protection (Issue 2173)

E-FILE

• Corrected the error that occurred when saving the first E-file screen to go to the Submission page of e-file (Issue 2239)

SCHEDULE C

• Correct the issue where Supporting Statement entries are forced on the user rather than being an option entry method for income and expenses (Issue 2183)

STUDENT LOAN INTEREST WORKSHEET

• Correct an issue where amounts from Line 45 of Form 2555 were not being added back to impact the Student Loan Interest Deduction calculation for Line 7 (Issue 2146)

*Click here to download a PDF of our Cumulative Release Notes.