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Release Notes: March 30th – Client Status, MO & Questions

29 Mar 22
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, March 30th, 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 STATUS

  • Not displaying TP and SP last names (Issue 6853)

MINNESOTA

  • Do not auto-calc credit for taxes paid to another state when Res/Nonres state returns are present and Fed is 1040-NR (Issue 7034)

MISSOURI

  • Part-year return not carrying credit for taxes paid to another state for the Spouse to Line 29 (Issue 7039)

QUESTIONS

  • Custom questions getting cut off when exporting (Issue 6738)

 

Release Notes: March 28th – MN & NJ

27 Mar 22
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Monday, March 28th, 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.

MINNESOTA

  • M1SLC, Line 2 not using Worksheet 2 calculation when MFJ (Issue 7023)
  • Gambling withholdings on W-2G sourced to MN not carrying to state return (Issue 7031)

NEW JERSEY (2020)

  • Unable to carry an amount to Line 20b of NJ-1040-X (Issue 7014)

 

Release Notes: March 25th – IN & KS

24 Mar 22
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, March 25th, 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.

INDIANA

  • Schedule 2, Line 2 not displaying manually entered address on PDF (Issue 7025)

KANSAS

  • K-40H “Heading Information” menu not saving answers to last 3 questions on page (Issue 7020)

 

TaxSlayer Pro Online: User Interface Missing Icons/Formatting [RESOLVED]

24 Mar 22
Craig Smith
No Comments

We are aware of the user interface display issue and currently investigating.

TaxSlayer Pro Online: Phone Number Entry Missing in 2018 and 2020 [RESOLVED]

24 Mar 22
Craig Smith
No Comments

We have a high priority issue opened (Issue 7035) with development to correct the issue where the phone number entry in Basic Information for 2018 and 2020 returns is missing.

Alabama: 2021 Federal Income Tax Deduction & Impact of Act 2022-37

23 Mar 22
Craig Smith
No Comments

Full Press Release from the Office of Governor Kay Ivey – Click Here

This is referring to the Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the impact on 2021 Alabama state returns for an increased federal income tax deduction.

The tax changes related to Act 2022-37 will be released live in TaxSlayer on Monday, March 28th. Alabama will begin accepting electronically filed returns with the latest schema on Tuesday, March 29th after 7:00am Central Time. From Sunday, March 27th at 9:00pm ET until Tuesday morning, we (TaxSlayer) will not send any Alabama state returns until they are ready to receive the latest schema.

Any Alabama returns electronically filed prior to this update WILL NOT need to amend. Alabama will automatically re-calculated impacted returns. For AL TP’s that filed their AL return using My Alabama Taxes or filed via paper prior to this update WILL need to amend their AL return to take advantage of this increased federal income tax deduction if applicable.

If you believe you will have AL returns at your site(s) that may be impacted by Act 2022-37, do not file them until Monday after our deployment.

Release Notes: March 23rd – E-file, MI, MO, PR & Sch A

22 Mar 22
Craig Smith
No Comments

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

E-FILE

  • Add “Transmit Return” warning to new e-file when e-filing from Submission page (2021 Update)
  • Transmit button visible for security templates that cannot e-file (Issue 6905)

MICHIGAN

  • Form 4884 not checking line 6 when TP born during 1955 (Issue 7004)

MISSOURI

  • Add back “E-file: Direct Debit” as state return type (2021 Update)

PUERTO RICO

  • Add F8840 question in Basic Information flow when filing status MFS (Issue 6911)

SCHEDULE A

  • Cash contributions limited to 60% instead of 100% of AGI when a qualifying contribution (Issue 6717)

 

Release Notes: March 21st – CT & NY

20 Mar 22
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Monday, March 21st, 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

  • Direct Deposit information not displaying (display issue only) on CT-1040 (Issue 6988)

NEW YORK

  • IT-213, Worksheet B, Line 2 displaying incorrect amount (Issue 6980)