2/18/2025 — Update from CO DOR

Good morning everyone,

We are pleased to inform you that we are starting our soft launch for Individual, Fiduciary, Corporate, and Partnership income tax as of today February 18, 2025.

We anticipate that acknowledgments will not be delayed during this period. We appreciate your patience throughout this process.

We will notify you as soon as we determine the timeline for a full launch. Thank you for your continued support and partnership.

2/16/2025 — Update from CO DOR

We want to inform you that we are not yet ready to open and accept MeF returns this week. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

We are hopeful that we will be able to open next week and will provide an update as soon as we have a confirmed timeline. We appreciate your patience during this time.

2/3/25 – Update from CO DOR:

Dear Software Industry Partners,

We want to update you on our expected timeline for accepting Colorado tax returns this filing season. We are aiming to have a controlled launch for:

• Individual Income Tax returns during the week of February 14.

Please note that there will be a delay in acknowledgments during this period as we retrieve and process a limited number of tax returns before the official e-file opening.

1/28/25 – This is just an update that the Colorado Department of Revenue will not begin processing CO returns until February 3, 2025. While you can transmit CO returns to TaxSlayer, acknowledgements will not be sent until February 3rd at the earliest. It may take CO 24-72 hours to run through their backlog once they begin processing returns on February 3rd.

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Friday, February 14th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

FORM 1099-R

• (2022) EIN database not working for 1099-R (Issue 390)

MINNESOTA

• Remove e-file block for Form M23: Claim for a Refund for a Deceased Taxpayer (Update)

NEW YORK

• Payment Voucher not generating in print when marked “E-file Mail Payment” or “Paper Return” (Issue 2914)

OKLAHOMA

• Allow OK state returns to be transmitted when attached to Federal 1040-NR returns (Update)

OREGON

• Reject OR-028: Oregon Schedule A is missing standard deduction line (Issue 2923)

STATE AMENDED RETURNS

• (2023/2024) State amended returns stuck in holding (impacted states amended returns will be resent by TS) (Issue 2888)

4:30pm ET: This issue has been resolved and all impacted returns have been resent from our end. There is nothing you need to do at your site(s) other than waiting on the acks to come back. Acks should start to come back withing 30 minutes to a hour.

We are aware and actively looking into an issue where SSN’s that begin with zero (0) are being stripped from the SSN when transmitted causing a validation error. This post will be updated once the issue has been resolved. Please DO NOT resend impacted returns as they will only validate again.

1:00pm ET: This has been resolved. Note: The current e-file block has been temporarily removed so WV an be e-filed. However, WV is requiring that e-mail addresses be provided as a requirement for e-file. If an e-mail address is not provided in the Federal Basic Information page, any WV return will validate.

2/12/25 – 11:00am ET: We are aware and actively working an issue where West Virginia returns are receiving an e-file block for missing e-mail address when the e-mail address is present in Federal Basic Information. This post will be updated when this issue has been resolved.

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, February 12th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

CALIFORNIA

• Form 3514 showing 365 days on PDF instead of 366 for leap year (Issue 2885)

MASSACHUSETTS

• Sch. CB different address entered from within MA return not pulling to PDF (Issue 2882)

MICHIGAN

• Not using most beneficial deduction when Sch. 1, Line 26 and 28 should be used (Issue 2865)

MONTANA

• MT Taxable Federal Refunds add back the drop-down for “Select your 2023 Filing Status, if different from your current filing status, otherwise the Prior year status will default to your current filing status.” question (Issue 2838)

NEW YORK

• Direct Debit return type is generating payment voucher (Issue 2879)

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

DELAWARE

• Add blue box text guidance for entries based on filing status to “Subtractions from Income” and “Itemized Deductions” menus like “Additions to Income” (Update)

SCHEDULE A

• Medical mileage using 2023 rates (Issue 2859)

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Friday, February 7th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

FORM W-2

• Box 4 Social Security Withholdings not prefilling calc at 6.2% when amount in box 3 is > 160200 (2023 limit) (Issue 2839)

MINNESOTA

• MN M1RENT Reject Code: 0922 (Issue 2854)

MONTANA

• Form 2EC request to add question back to generate the form in the print when credit is $0 (Update)

SCHEDULE OI (1040-NR)

• Accessing e-file is clearing the days present entries in Schedule OI (Issue 2824)

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

• Unemployment entry requiring state selection when going editing after initial save (Issue 2853)

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, February 5th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

AMENDED RETURN

• Original Federal Return Information not populating for original Federal e-filed and accepted returns (Issue 2833)

DELAWARE

• DE Sch. A – Itemized line 5 items are not pulling to the correct line (Issue 2827)

MINNESOTA

• Update the  CRP Renter Information – ECN field to only allow numeric values (Issue 2822)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

• NH Payment Voucher not generating in print when return type is mailed payment (Issue 2835)