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Release Notes: April 11th – MI, NY & VA

10 Apr 23
Craig Smith
No Comments

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Tuesday, April 11th 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.

MICHIGAN

  • MI state returns cannot be edited or added to a return (Issue 94)

NEW YORK

  • IT-203, Line 27, Federal Column not carrying entry for income from US government obligations (Issue 91)

VIRGINIA

  • MFS return not giving the subtraction for disability income reported as wages (Issue 79)

Release Notes: April 7th – 1040-X, E-file & IA

07 Apr 23
Craig Smith
No Comments

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Friday, April 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.

AMENDED RETURN

  • Amended Direct Deposit showing direct debit info when original state return type was direct debit (Issue 51)

E-FILE

  • Incorrect e-file block when FEC income and foreign excluded income are the same amount (Issue 48)

IOWA

  • Pension/Retirement income exclusion is doubling (Issue 64)

Release Notes: March 31st – DE, FW-2 & Sale of Main Home

31 Mar 23
Craig Smith
No Comments

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Friday, March 31st 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.

DELAWARE

  • PIT-SCW Lines 4 and 6 not calculating (Issue 34)

FORM W-2

  • Do not pre-fill “.00” in input fields

SALE OF MAIN HOME WKSHT

  • Full MFJ exclusion not being allowed when only one SP meets ownership test (Issue 30)

Message from Utah: Delay in Acks (UPDATE)

30 Mar 23
Craig Smith
No Comments

4/10/23 – Latest from Utah.

Good afternoon,

As of this morning, all submissions received prior to today (4/10) have been acknowledged. Please contact me if you are waiting on an acknowledgement from Utah.


4/4/23 – Latest from Utah.

Utah is still having trouble acknowledging approximately 1,200 MeF submissions. As previously mentioned, in most cases the returns have been accepted and processed but we have not sent an acknowledgement.

We have resolved the underlying issue to prevent it from reoccurring. We are investigating sending acknowledgments for the remaining 1,200 files. My tech team does not have an estimate on when this will be resolved.

We are expanding our state perfection period to 40 days to allow any returns that were rejected by the state to be corrected and resubmitted as timely filed.


Software vendors received the below message from Utah yesterday evening.

Utah is experiencing an issue sending acknowledgements to the IRS for some returns. This happened first on 3/17, then 3/23 through to today. In most cases the returns have been accepted and processed but not acknowledged. We are working to get acknowledgements sent on all Utah submissions. I’ll send a follow up email when this issue has been resolved.

Release Notes: March 29th – FSA & M1PR

28 Mar 23
Craig Smith
No Comments

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Wednesday, March 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.

FSA (1040-NR)

  • Schedule OI menu missing for existing 1040-NR returns (Issue 25)

MINNESOTA

  • M1PR Reject Code 0118 (Issue 20)

Amended Returns – Direct Deposit & Direct Debit Info

28 Mar 23
Craig Smith
No Comments

Which years can you e-file an amended return requesting direct deposit or direct debit?

TaxSlayer Pro Online

  • Amended Return requesting DIRECT DEPOSIT:
    • 2022 TaxSlayer Pro Online supports Direct Deposit.
  • Amended Return requesting DIRECT DEBIT:
    • 2021 & 2022 TaxSlayer Pro Online applications support Direct Debit.

TaxSlayer Pro Desktop

  • Amended Return requesting DIRECT DEPOSIT:
    • 2022 TaxSlayer Pro Desktop supports Direct Deposit
  • Amended Return requesting DIRECT DEBIT:
    • 2020, 2021 & 2022 TaxSlayer Pro Desktop applications support Direct Debit

 

This post is accurate as of March 28th, 2023

Release Notes: March 27th – FSA

26 Mar 23
Craig Smith
No Comments

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Monday, March 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.

FSA KIOSK

  • Selecting Nonresident Alien filing status is not presenting 1040-NR specific filing statuses for existing FSA returns (Issue 10203)

Release Notes: March 24th – E-file, F1116, MA, MI, NC, PA & Sch. C

23 Mar 23
Craig Smith
No Comments

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Friday, March 24th, 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.

E-FILE

  • Do not resend a previously accepted state return when transmitting another state (2022 Update)
  • Future direct debit dates for amended returns transmitting as current date (Issue 9486)
  • Enable direct deposit for amended returns (2022 Update)
  • Bank account entry not allowing a letter character (Issue 10140)

FORM 1116

  • Do not require a country selection when RIC checked & checkbox for Foreign Tax Credit Splitting Event Code is marked (Issue 9703)

MASSACHUSETTS

  • F1099-R, Code 3 in Box 7 carrying not carrying to Form 1, Line 3 (Issue 10247)
  • Excess PFML not calculating (Issue 10298)

MICHIGAN

  • Surviving spouse election not calculating when Fed is HoH but MI is single (Issue 10112)

NORTH CAROLINA

  • Add charitable carryover entry in NC itemized deductions (Issue 10126)

PENNSYLVANIA

  • Schedule UE for SP is not displaying TP SSN in header (Issue 10120)
  • Add expenses entry for royalty income in nonresident PA return (Issue 10125)

SCHEDULE C

  • Update “unclassified” business code 999999 to 999000 (Issue 9711)