1/23/2023 10:45am ET: This has now been resolved.

We wanted to make you aware of an issue that will impact, as of this morning (1/23/2023), returns with a future date selected for direct debits. Currently, you can select a future direct debit date in e-file, however, what is reflecting on the PDF is the current date. This means that returns submitted with a direct debit payment method, the current date will be sent with the return instead of the future date selected. Our developers are actively looking into this issue.

Note: This only impacts returns as of 7:00am ET on Monday, January 23rd if an amount is owed and a future direct debit date is selected.

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur Monday, January 23rd, 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.

CUSTOM QUESTIONS

• Unable to edit custom questions (Issue 7611)

FORM W-2

• Boxes 4 and 6 not cleared when values in Boxes 3 and 5 are removed (Issue 7573)
• Unable to enter cents in Box 14 (Issue 7558)

MAINE

• Child Care Credit worksheet, Line 6 is granting nonrefundable portion of the credit in error (Issue 7599)

North Carolina Department of Revenue issued the below update to software vendors and on the NC DOR website. Updates specific to individual income tax are in BOLD.

NOTE: This does not impact when sites can transmit NC return to us. We will just hold the NC returns until NC says we can transmit to them.

NCDOR Announces Opening of Business and Individual Income Tax Seasons

Raleigh, N.C. — The N.C. Department of Revenue (NCDOR) will begin accepting both business and individual income tax returns over the next few weeks.

• The NCDOR anticipates accepting 2022 Corporate Income and Franchise, Partnership Income, and Estates and Trust Income tax returns by Friday, January 27.
• The NCDOR anticipates accepting 2022 Individual Income tax returns by Friday, February 3.

Although the Department anticipates that we will begin accepting returns by February 3, it will be early March before we can begin processing and validating return information and issuing refunds.

This delay is necessary as we complete updating and testing of the refund fraud validation system, a measure that protects taxpayer identity and ensures that the appropriate refunds get into the hands of the right people. Once we begin processing and validating the returns, we will post the “Where’s My Refund” application on the NCDOR.gov webpage that allows taxpayers to check the status of their tax refund.

For calendar year taxpayers, the due date to file income tax returns is April 15. By law, North Carolina considers income tax returns with a due date on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday as being timely filed if delivered in person or mailed or electronically submitted to the NCDOR on or before the next business day after the Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

In 2023, April 15 falls on a Saturday, and Emancipation Day, a legal holiday for income tax purposes, will be observed on Monday, April 17. Therefore, if a taxpayer files their 2022 calendar year income tax return on or before April 18, 2023, the NCDOR will consider the return timely filed.

Taxpayers are encouraged to file their taxes electronically; it is safer, more convenient, and will move through our process faster than traditional paper filing. Free and low cost online filing (eFile) options for qualified taxpayers are available through the NCDOR.gov website. Taxpayers may even file their taxes electronically before the official opening dates as a way to prevent tax fraud schemes.

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced that it will begin accepting individual income tax returns on Monday, January 23: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-sets-january-23-as-official-start-to-2023-tax-filing-season-more-help-available-for-taxpayers-this-year.

The NCDOR funds public services benefiting the people of North Carolina. The NCDOR administers the tax laws and collects the taxes due in an impartial, consistent, secure, and efficient manner.

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

CALIFORNIA

• Schedule CA, Part 1, Section B, Column C doubling alimony received for TP (Issue 7586)

M1PR

• M1PR refund summary in e-file is reflecting Federal amount owed (Issue 7569)

MICHIGAN

• Schedule 1, Line 25 Tier 3 standard deduction not calculating for TP born on 1/1/1956 (Issue 7580)

A product deployment for TaxSlayer Pro Online will occur on Wednesday, January 18th, 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.

BASIC INFORMATION

• Add back natural disaster designation checkbox (2022 Update)

CALIFORNIA

• HSA contribution from W-2 not carrying to Schedule CA, Line 1h, Column C (Issue 7567)

DEPENDENT STANDARD DEDUCTION

• Update dependent standard deduction amount for 2022 (2022 Update)

KANSAS

• K-40H Line 6 not displaying 50% total (Issue 7571)

MARYLAND

• New senior tax credit calculating for an ineligible TP (Issue 7563)

MASSACHUSETTS

• W-2, Box 14 PFML amount is reducing state withholdings from Box 17 that carry to state return (Issue 7557)

MISSOURI

• Update Business Income Deduction to 15% (Issue 7581)

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Surviving spouse retirement subtraction not calculating (Issue 7566)

WISCONSIN

• Schedule CS, Line 2 not being included in total on Line 13 (Issue 7570)

The site will be placed in maintenance on Monday, January 16th, 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.

CONNECTICUT

• Update property tax credit to expanded 2022 eligibility (Issue 7555)

DEPENDENT PAGE

• Update $4,300 to $4,400 (Issue 7500)

MASSACHUSETTS

• Automatically calculate Child Under 13 or Disabled Dependent/Spouse credit (2022 Update)

NEW MEXICO

• Refundable Nurse Credit page loads blank (Issue 7562)

SCHEDULE 8812

• Worksheet B, Line 4b value not carrying to Sch.8812, Line 18a when Medicaid Waiver Payment not included for EITC calc (Issue 7560)

The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, January 13th, 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.

ARKANSAS

• Inflationary Relief Income Tax Credit not calculating consistently (Issue 7547)

DEPENDENT PAGE

• Add “Save & Enter Another” button to the input page (2022 Update)

KANSAS

• When “YES” is selected for K-40SVR it breaks the calc (Issue 7551)

The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, January 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.

MASSACHUSETTS

• 1099-G tax withheld for unemployment not pulling to Form 1, Line 38b (Issue 7545)

NEW YORK

• Add subtraction code S-143 for Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker bonuses (Issue 7552)