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Release Notes: February 17th – DE, F8915-E, ID, IA, ME, MO & WV

16 Feb 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, February 17th, 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.

DELAWARE

  • Charitable contributions being counted twice when Standard or Fed and Itemized on DE (Issue 5429)

FORM 8915-E

  • Correct the error occurring when answering the qualified disaster distribution question (Issue 5485)

IDAHO

  • Standard Deduction for dependent not filers not including “Other Income” marked “earned” in calculation (Issue 5438)

IOWA

  • “Low Income Exemption” indicator not displaying next to Line 26 when applicable (Issue 5452)

MAINE

  • Educational Opportunity Tax Credit not calculating for TP and SP when refundable portion is applicable (Issue 5459)

MISSOURI

  • TP and SP SSN not displaying on MO-TC PDF (Issue 5451)

WEST VIRGINIA

  • Correct a calc issue on Schedule M, Line 45, Column D (Issue 5455)

 


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Message from Arizona about Acknowledgements

16 Feb 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

Software vendors received the below message from the Arizona Department of Revenue.

Arizona MeF is experiencing intermittent and slow performance that is causing delays in Acknowledgements. Our support team is working quickly to resolve this issue. We will update this email when we have more information.

Message from Utah about Acknowledgements from 2/12/21 [UPDATE]

16 Feb 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

Update 2/17/21 from Utah.

This issue has been resolved and all submissions have been acknowledged.”


Software vendors received the below messaging from the Utah State Tax Commission.

We experienced an issue with acknowledgements not being sent on submissions that we received on 2/12/2021. We are aware of the issue and are working on getting it resolved as quickly as possible.”

Message from Alabama about Acknowledgements [UPDATE]

16 Feb 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

February 18, 2021

Update from Alabama Department of Revenue:

We are about to begin processing returns – acks will be sent out once the returns have been loaded – hopefully you will begin seeing acks by the end of the day or a least tomorrow.


February 16, 2021

Industry partners received the below e-mail from Alabama Department of Revenue. This post will be updated when AL notifies us they are now sending acknowledgements.

We have not begun sending acks yet – I will let you know when we starting sending those out.

Release Notes: February 16th – CA, IA, MN, NJ, & VA

15 Feb 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Tuesday, February 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.

CALIFORNIA

  • Household members not claimed on Federal return not saving when entered in Form 3853 (Issue 5431)

IOWA

  • Non-refundable credit not being applied to current year (Issue 5426)

MINNESOTA

  • Correct an issue where the MN Working Family Credit was not calculating (Issue 5435)

NEW JERSEY

  • Update PDF of NJ-BUS-1 to 2020 (Issue 5430)

VIRGINIA

  • Form 763, Line 1 AGI not allocating full SE Health Insurance Deduction to TP when Filing Status is MFS (Issue 5428)

 


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Release Notes: February 15th – DC & Print Update

14 Feb 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Monday, February 15th, 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.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  • Add text specific to Statutory Residents on the residency selection page (Issue 5411)

FORMS SUMMARY PDF

  • Listing of Forms Summary in PDF shows 1099-NEC as 1099-MISC (Issue 5407)

 


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E-file Reminder: State Only and Prior Year (Turned On, except 2020 MN and 2020AL)

12 Feb 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

Just a reminder that State Only E-filing and Prior Year Return E-filing (2018 and 2019) will NOT be turned on until Monday, February 15th around mid-day ET.

Release Notes: February 12th – CA, F8915-E, MS, NY, VA & WV

11 Feb 21
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, February 12th, 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

  • Correct an issue where Statutory Employee Income was being counted twice when determining CA EITC (Issue 5392)
  • Form 540-ES not generating (Issue 5415)

FORM 8915-E

  • Expand access to all 1099-R’s regardless of Box 7 codes (2020 Update)

MISSISSIPPI

  • Selecting YES or NO to Dependent NOT living with TP is not impacting HOF filing status (Issue 5345)

NEW YORK

  • IT-201, Line 18 statement not generating in PDF when applicable (Issue 5405)

VIRGINIA

  • Correct an issue where half of TP capital gains pulling VA Nonresident Allocation Percentage (Issue 5393)

WEST VIRGINIA

  • Correct an issue where Line 33 of Schedule M not included in Line 45 total (Issue 5374)

 


Click here to download a PDF of our Cumulative Release Notes & Program Enhancements.