Software vendors received the below message from CA FTB this morning.

“Greetings,

The State of California, Franchise Tax Board’s e-file program is currently experiencing a high volume of traffic due to the upcoming April 18, 2022 filing date. This can extend the timeframes of our 3^rd party software vendors receiving the return acknowledgments back.  Currently, it can take up to 72 hours to return back acknowledgments, once the return is received during this peak filing timeframe.“

With the upcoming filing deadline of April 18th, we wanted to provide a quick guide to adding then e-filing an Application for Extension in case any of your clients will need one. Please note that regardless of filing an extension, all balance dues must be paid no later than April 18th to avoid penalties and interest.

If starting a new return, complete the return through Basic Information. Then, go directly to the Miscellaneous Forms section > Form 4868.

Complete the Application for Extension then “Continue” to save. Next. navigate to E-file and click “File Extension”.

Follow the prompts to successfully e-file the Application for Extension.

There will be a couple additional screens to complete. Client List will display the accepted or rejected status of the extension e-filed.

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

CLIENT LIST

• Return count on 2021 Client List reflecting the return count from 2020 Client List at some sites (Issue 6582)

FORM 8862

• Specific returns until to access F8862 menu when applicable (Issue 7117)

4/12/22

Any outstanding 2020 acks should be returning over the next 24 hours.

We are aware many sites are waiting on acknowledgements from 2020 Federal and/or state transmissions. Our development staff is currently looking into this and hope to provide an update by mid-week this week.

The site will be placed in maintenance on Monday, 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.

ARKANSAS

• Add option to subtract retirement income from being taxed when F8915-F present on Federal (2021 Update)

DC

• EITC calculating for nonresident alien when it should not be (Issue 7123)

IDAHO

• Permanent Building Fund using incorrect filing status threshold when MFJ and both TP’s over 65 (Issue 7124)

MICHIGAN

• CF-1040 only supporting 4 entries to exclude 1099-R’s (Issue 7129)

The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, April 8th, 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.

CLIENT LIST

• State Status not updating when using “100 Most Recent Return” view (Issue 6895)

DELAWARE

• Update PDF display for the Estimated Payment Vouchers to 2022/23 instead of 2021/22 (Issue 7115)

F8863

• Valid EIN causing a page validation in error (Issue 7077)

The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, April 6th, 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.

ALABAMA

• Add additional student entry menus for the Accountability Tax Credit (Issue 7064)

MARYLAND

• F502, Line yy not reduced by amount of unemployment repaid as entered on Federal (Issue 7109)

The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, April 1st, 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.

ITIN

• Middle digit range 50-65 not being recognized to prompt W-2 SSN entry (Issue 6992)

MICHIGAN

• IRA with Code 4 not excluding from CF-1040, Line 9, Column B (Issue 7090)