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Release Notes: June 10th – F8888, MD & Review Returns

09 Jun 21
Craig Smith
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The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, June 10th, 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.

FORM 8888

  • Limit account number entry to no more than 17 characters (Issue 6149)

MARYLAND

  • Rejected returns with code Form 502-01730-020 can now be resubmitted (Issue 6176)

REVIEW RETURNS

  • Add ability to sort columns in the Review Returns menu (Enhancement)

 


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Release Notes: June 8th – MS & Zip Code DB

07 Jun 21
Craig Smith
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The site will be placed in maintenance on Tuesday, June 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.

MISSISSIPPI (NONRESIDENT)

  • Line 49 for Total Income from All Sources was not including excluded Federal UCE from Line 47 (Issue 6189)

ZIP CODE DATABASE

  • Add 84129 to the zip code database for Taylorsville, UT (Issue 6190)

 


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IRS: Where to File Paper Tax Returns with or without Payment

03 Jun 21
Craig Smith
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For the most up to date mailing addresses published by the IRS, be sure to visit IRS.gov or Click Here. The IRS recently updated mailing addresses for certain processing centers and these new addresses will not be reflected on prior year forms, schedules, or vouchers.

Release Notes: June 3rd – Sch C & W-7

02 Jun 21
Craig Smith
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The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, June 3rd, 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.

SCHEDULE C

  • Itemized button to enter LTC Insurance payments throws an error when clicked (Issue 5241)

W-7

  • When Date Entered US is left blank when using Passport for identification submitted, “Never Entered” will carry to PDF (Issue 5399)

 


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South Carolina: Unemployment Compensation

01 Jun 21
Craig Smith
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Issued on May 26th, South Carolina has adopted the Federal suspension of tax on a portion of unemployment compensation for tax year 2020. The latest updates are already live in our applications as of 7:00am ET, June 1st. To review the full policy advisory from South Carolina, please click here. For any SC taxpayer that can now take advantage of this recently adopted legislation, South Carolina will require an amended SC return be prepared and filed.

VITA/TCE Support: Closed Memorial Day

28 May 21
Craig Smith
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VITA/TCE Support will be closed on Monday, May 31st for Memorial Day. Normal off-season hours will resume on Tuesday, June 1st at 8:00am ET.

TaxSlayer Pro Online: 2018 Program Year

26 May 21
Craig Smith
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Update: 10:36am ET

Speeds have significantly improved, however, errors are still occurring very intermittently mostly when accessing a return from Client List.


We have received sporadic reports of the 2018 program year running slowly and generating errors in some instances. We have opened a High Priority ticket (Issue 6183) for development to see what may be going on.

Release Notes: May 26th – Client Status, E-file & WI

25 May 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, May 26th, 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

  • Correct issue where error received when selecting Client Status when amended return present

E-FILE

  • Correct an issue where a username would autofill into Taxpayer E-mail field on E-file page (Issue 6045)

WISCONSIN

  • Using incorrect Standard Deduction for Dependent Taxpayer (Issue 6167)

 


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