The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, January 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.
VITA/TCE SPRINGBOARD
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Update 1/7/2021: When completing the practice exercises in the Practice Lab and/or any certification exams, if the scenario does not provide details related to Economic Impact Payments (EIP) being received (either 1st or 2nd rounds), in the Recovery Rebate Credit page, go ahead enter amounts as if they received payments for all eligible individuals included in the scenario. This will allow the application to make the appropriate calculations based on inclusion of those entries.
Update 12/29/2020: The Practice Exercises are now updated using the current 2020 Practice Lab calculations available in the application to date. This time of year both the IRS and State Departments are continually releasing and finalizing forms, schedules, and instructions to software vendors. Regular updates will be implemented into the software as information is released/provided to software vendors.
Update 12/22/2020: The 2020 Practice Exercises will be uploaded to the Practice Lab the week of December 28th.
To help set expectations in the field, the practice exercises under Section 6 of the Practice Lab will be updated to 2020 within the next two weeks. This article will be updated when 2020 Practice Exercises are live in the Practice Lab. We wanted to provide extra time for additional updates to be applied to the 2020 software before updating the exercises. This time of year both the IRS and State Departments are continually releasing and finalizing forms, schedules, and instructions to software vendors. Regular updates will be implemented into the software as information is released/provided to software vendors.
At this time, the practice exercises are still based on the 2019 application.
The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, January 7th, 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.
2020 TAXSLAYER PRO ONLINE USER GUIDE
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The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, January 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.
RECOVERY REBATE CREDIT
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1/5/2021 – 2020 State Returns are now live! Please note the information posted below when reviewing the initial state application release.
Note: Initial load times may be slower than normal, but this will subside as additional state returns are created, etc.
The initial release for 2020 state returns will be this week. The expectation is to have them turned on by mid-week (Wednesday). This blog post will be updated once they are live.
It is important to keep in mind when accessing 2020 state returns once live, some states may have been delayed (and are still experiencing delays) in releasing final 2020 forms/instructions due to the late passing of any legislation and impact of COVID-19. As you prepare 2020 state returns in the Practice Lab, you may still see 2019 calculations and/or PDF forms. Customer Service will not be creating issues for these items until the states are closer to finalization. As information continues to be released and finalized by the states, the Practice Lab will be updated to reflect the most recent information available.
The site will be placed in maintenance on Tuesday, January 5th, 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 1099-NEC
FORM 7202
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TaxSlayer VITA/TCE Support will be closed beginning Thursday, December 31st at 12:00pm ET. Regular off-season support hours resume Monday, January 4th at 8:00am ET. Extended support hours will begin when “Start New Return” in 2020 is live (tentatively scheduled for January 18th).
The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, December 31st, 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.
RECOVERY REBATE CREDIT
DEFERRAL OF SE TAX
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