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Release Notes: April 23rd – Basic Info, Health Insurance & MD

22 Apr 25
Craig Smith
No Comments

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, April 23rd to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

BASIC INFORMATION

  • Daytime (& Secondary)Telephone Number missing the leading parenthesis in the entry fields (Issue 3348)

HEALTH INSURANCE (Rescheduled)

  • ACA question “Is your household income below 100%…” should default as unanswered instead of “No” (Issue 3336)

MARYLAND

  • Reject Code: R000-00000-040 – Impacted returns can be resubmitted (Issue 3346)

Release Notes: April 21st – Cap Gain/Loss Grid & Client List

20 Apr 25
Craig Smith
No Comments

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Monday, April 21st to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

CAPITAL GAIN/LOSS

  • Update Capital Gain/Loss Summary Grid include adjustments entered on the total gain/loss amount (Enhancement)

CLIENT LIST (RESCHEDULED)

  • Add visual indicator to the SSN on Client List when it is available to click to open the return (Enhancement)

VITA/TCE Support: Off-Season Hours (Closed Easter Sunday)

18 Apr 25
Craig Smith
No Comments

On Monday, April 21st, TaxSlayer VITA/TCE support will resume off-season hours of Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm ET. Support will not be available weekends.

  • Monday – 8a-5p
  • Tuesday – 8a-5p
  • Wednesday – 8a-5p
  • Thursday – 8a-5p
  • Friday – 8a-5p
  • Saturday – CLOSED
  • Sunday – CLOSED

Message from MI: Delay in Acks

15 Apr 25
Craig Smith
No Comments

Message from Michigan Treasury.

4/15 2:15 PM: We are slowly working through the backlog. We apologize for the delay in service and will keep you posted on our progress.

4/16 8:00 AM: We made good progress yesterday and continue to work through the backlog today.

MICHIGAN TREASURY UPDATE – April 15, 2025

MeF Individual Income Tax

Michigan is experiencing delays in processing individual income tax production returns. We are working to resolve the issue and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and your customers.

Release Notes: April 9th – ID, IA, MA, PA & NJ

08 Apr 25
Craig Smith
No Comments

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, April 9th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

IDAHO

  • Amended Return validation error for Requested Payment Date (Issue 3282)

IOWA

  • Amended e-file should show amount owed or refund for amended and not the amount from original IA e-file (Issue 3270)

MASSACHUSETTS (PART-YEAR)

  • Part-year Sch R/NR Sch. Y, Line 9c amount does not pull to Sch Y. Line 9c (Issue 3273)

PENNSLYVANIA

  • Amended e-file should show amount owed or refund from PA-40X, Section II, Line I under State return and Summary (Issue 3264)
  • Amended PA validation error for direct debit missing payment amount (Issue 3269)

NEW JERSEY

  • Nonresident NJ return calculating Line 28b when not applicable (Issue 3290)

 

Release Notes: April 7th – EITC & MD [FINAL DEPLOYMENT]

06 Apr 25
Craig Smith
No Comments

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Monday, April 7th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment. This is the last scheduled deployment of the filing season. After tomorrow’s deploy, the annual code freeze will be place until after April 15th.

EITC

  • EITC calc off by $1 from EIC Table for Single and MFJ specific income ranges (Issue 3266)

MARYLAND

  • MFS w Fed MFJ – Worksheet (18B) line 4 not using larger amount from line 1 and 2 (Issue 3271)

Release Notes: April 4th – MN & NH

03 Apr 25
Craig Smith
No Comments

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Friday, April 4th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

CUSTOMER PORTAL

  • Correct display issue that is showing preparer view chats as unread

MINNESOTA

  • MN Reject 0519 specific to M1RCR Credit for Taxes Paid to Wisconsin (Issue 3277)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • “Manually Enter” field for taxable distribution is not carrying entry made for Payor and Payor ID Number to PDF (Issue 3255)

Release Notes: March 28th – MD, MI, NE & Sch. D

27 Mar 25
Craig Smith
No Comments

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Friday, March 28th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

MARYLAND

  • MD automatically adding 502INJ (Injured Spouse) to MFJ returns causing e-file block (Issue 3207)

MICHIGAN

  • Add page validation to only allow either Subsidized Housing or Service Housing to be selected but not both (Issue 3216)

NEBRASKA

  • Sch. I, Line 20 entry for “Enter non-Nebraska S Corp/LLC received income” not carrying to print (Issue 3205)

SCHEDULE D

  • Sch. D/Form 8949 Transaction “click to upload” does not save the attachment (Issue 3189)