SPEC Joint Partner Webcast 3/3/2026 Recording – Click Here

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

MFJ/MFS COMPARISON

• Add Schedule 1-A deduction under Deductions (Update)

REPORTS

• State Amended Returns Transmitted report opening to blank page (Issue 3773)

4:15pm ET – All issues have been resolved at this time. Our teams will continue to monitor.

3:30pm ET – Return Summary calcs have been turned back on at this time.

3:12pm ET – Development has determined the cause and corrected the issue. At roughly 3:30pm ET, Return Summary will be turned back on while we continue to monitor.

3:01pm ET – Development rolled back recent e-file changes which now allows e-file to load at this time.

2:50pm ET – We are still investigating at this time. Current experience is the Return Summary is turned off temporarily and the Return Details page of e-file is not loading.

2:35pm ET – We are aware the Return Details page of e-file is not fully loading. Our investigations continue.

2:13pm ET – Additional deployment is complete. We are currently monitoring the application. We also turned off real-time calcs (Return Summary) as we monitor.

2:13pm ET – Another deployment will happen soon with additional updates as we continue to monitor the system. Slowness may still be experienced at this time.

1:32pm ET – Teams are continuing to monitor after the rollback. Navigation may be a little slow at first but should continue to return to normal speeds.

1:17pm ET – Rollback complete. Normal access to the application should be returning.

1:09pm ET – We are about to rollback a previous deployment from this morning.

12:56pm ET – Investigations are still actively underway.

12:40pm ET – VITA users have reported to support they are sporadically experiencing error pages when accessing returns and while navigating to certain pages in the application. We are currently investigating.

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Friday, February 27th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

ARIZONA

• Form 140 Standard Deduction Increase, Line 5C amount not including Donations to Military Relief Fund amount (Issue 3795)

SCHEDULE OI

• Tax Treaty input field for Chile not allowing numerical values (Issue 3784)

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, February 25th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

ARKANSAS

• AR1000D, Line 12 limiting loss to $1500 for MFJ (Issue 3770)

MICHIGAN

• MI-1040CR Special Housing drop-down change “Substance Abuse Center” to “Paid Room and Board” (Issue 3791)

PENNSYLVANIA

• Sch. O, Sect III manual entry not saving “0” entry (Issue 3768)

Hello TMs and TaxSlayer SMEs:

All partners are invited to join a series of conference calls during the upcoming filing season. TaxSlayer will be participating on these partner and volunteer only calls to provide updates on software, address concerns, and answer questions. Please save the date for all the calls listed below.

Schedule of Calls

• February 26, 2026
• March 12, 2026
• March 26, 2026
• April 9, 2026

Action Item: Please share the information regarding the calls with your partners. Call details will be sent separately for each call and remember the access code is different for each call. Make sure to remind your partners to add this information to their calendar, so they do not miss the call.

Title: TaxSlayer All Partner Calls
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time

Send to Attendees

Dial-in Number: 1-202-735-3323 or 1-888-978-8818
Access Code: 8597616#

Looking forward to hearing from all your partners on the call.

The SPEC One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) symposium  held on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.  Partners learned how the OBBBA pertains to them, their VITA/TCE tax sites, and the taxpayers they serve in their community and surrounding areas.

The purpose of the symposium is to ensure partners and volunteers are well-prepared to assist taxpayers under the new provision. It also:

• Provided an overview of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act and its key tax law changes
• Explained how these changes impact credits, deductions and filing requirements
• Identified which topics and scenarios fall in-scope and out-of-scope for the VITA/TCE program

OB3 Symposium Recording – Click Here

A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, February 18th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

AMENDED RETURN

• Original Amount for “Deductions from Schedule 1-A (Form 1040)” needs to auto-populate from accepted return (Issue 3731)

FORM 1042-S

• Form 1040NR, Form 1042-S – Update Status Codes to prevent validation errors (Issue 3750)