A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Thursday, August 17th beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below update(s). Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

REPORTS

• Add “Total Income” to Site Production Detail Report – Electronic (Enhancement)
• Allow group level logins to access the Report Customization configuration option (Enhancement)
• Old State Ack report not showing M1/M1PR acks when Federal is marked as paper (Issue 211)

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Tuesday, August 7th beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below update(s). Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

DEPENDENT/QUALIFYING PERSON PAGE

• Update text of “Was this individual a U.S. Citizen….” to include resident of Canada and Mexico text (Issue 190)

HEALTH INSURANCE

• Add an e-file warning to check for 1095-A if present on the prior year and not added to current year (2022 Enhancement)

The below message was shared with software vendors by the Vermont Department of Revenue.

“As some of you may know, the State of Vermont was greatly impacted by substantial flooding on July 10^th.  Please see the information below regarding extensions granted by the Governor.

Taxpayers impacted by flooding and unable to meet Vermont tax deadlines between July 7, 2023, and November 15, 2023, will now have until November 15, 2023, to file and pay taxes.

The list of automatic extensions to November 15, 2023 for due dates between July 7, 2023 and November 15, 2023 includes:

• Corporate and business income tax, including estimated payments
• Sales and use tax
• Meals and rooms tax
• Payroll withholding tax
• Estimated personal income tax payments, originally due September 15, 2023
• Filing of 2022 Vermont personal income taxes with a valid federal or Vermont extension

I would note, this extension does NOT include the tax year 2022 personal income tax original payment due date, as that due date was April 18^th, and before the July 7^th qualifying period.“

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Thursday, July 20th beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below update(s). Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

SCHEDULE LEP

• Schedule LEP is now an option to add to a custom print set (Enhancement)

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Thursday, June 29th beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below update(s). Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

KENTUCKY

• Update “amended” to “amend” in amended menu (Issue 231)

OREGON

• Add “Oregon State Transit Tax” selection to W-2, Box 14 drop down menu with value carrying to Schedule A (Enhancement)

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Tuesday, June 27th beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below update(s). Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

REVIEW REPORT (Enhancement)

Purpose:  track all returns that are using the built-in review process with the following information:

• EFIN
• Last Name
• Last 4
• Ready for review (date and time last marked as Ready for review)
• Preparer
• Current review status
• Approved (Date and time last marked as approved)
• Failed (Date and time last marked as failed)
• Reviewer (username of person that marked as approved or failed)
• Reason (displays the reason entered when marked as failed)

If the return is IRS rejected and it goes through the review process again, it will have multiple rows, otherwise, it just displays one row with the latest information

Vendors received the below messaging from Virginia June 23rd.

“Due to a Virginia Tax system issue, taxpayers who e-Filed Virginia Individual tax returns (760, 760PY, 763) between 5/23/23 and 6/9/23 may have received letters stating that they failed to provide required schedules (Schedule A, Schedule OSC, Schedule CR).  These letters were sent in error.  Your clients do not need to provide us with copies of any schedules submitted with their returns.  There may; however, be legitimate letters requesting missing attachments, other verification, etc..

For any additional questions, the taxpayer may reach out to our customer service at 804.367.8031

Note: Paper returns mailed in may also be impacted

We apologize for calls you may be receiving due to this issue.“