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Release Notes: January 12th – FW-2 & Federal Section

11 Jan 26
Craig Smith
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A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Monday, January 12th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

W-2 (NOT REPLOYED)

  • MWP checkbox to include in earned income calculation is unchecking after adding F1099-MISC and saving (Issue 3541)

FEDERAL SECTION

  • Federal Section menus cannot be selected when “hand cursor” is shown to the user. Was only allowing access when clicking BEGIN or EDIT button (Issue 3548)

Release Notes: January 9th – 1040 View & PA

08 Jan 26
Craig Smith
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A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Friday, January 9th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

1040 VIEW

  • Adding Schedule 1-A to the interactive 1040 View (update)

PENNSYLVANIA

  • Sch. O Section III, Line 7 Student Loan Interest – add adjustment field to allocate between TP and SP (Issue 3557)

Release Notes: January 7th – 1040 VIEW & NH

06 Jan 26
Craig Smith
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A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, January 7th to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

1040 VIEW – SCHEDULE 1

  • 1040 view Sch. 1, Part II, Lines 14 – 19c amounts misaligned (Issue 3554)

NEW HAMPSHIRE (DID NOT DEPLOY)

  • State Validation Error page – update text referencing “DP-10” to “NH Form BT Summary” (Issue 3560)

VITA/TCE Support: Closed Thursday, January 1st

30 Dec 25
Craig Smith
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TaxSlayer offices will be closed on Thursday, January 1st and will reopen on Friday, January 2nd at 8:00am ET.

Practice Lab: Receiving “API Error Response” Message [RESOLVED]

30 Dec 25
Craig Smith
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11:55am ET – The API error has been resolved and access to returns has been restored.

11:20am ET – We are aware and actively looking into the issue where users are getting the “API Error Response” message when attempting to access returns in the Practice Lab. Updates will be provided as they become available.

2025 Practice Lab: Known Issues

25 Dec 25
Craig Smith
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This post will no longer be updated as of 1/6/26. Please refer to the “What We Know” post instead – Available HERE.

With the release of a new application year (2025), some oddities and functionality issues may occur. Below are items that have been identified and reported to our development team. This will be a fluid blog post of known functionality issues within the 2025 Practice Lab. NOTE: You will see various 2024 forms and calculations still used which is normal this time of year as tax changes/updates are ongoing.

  • Qualified Tips Not Carried to Line 4a and 4b of the Schedule 1-A (Issue 3553)
  • No input for entering a value to carry to Line 4c of Schedule 1-A
  • 1040 View, Schedule 1, Lines 14-19a are misaligned

 

TaxSlayer VITA/TCE Support – Holiday Hours

22 Dec 25
Craig Smith
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TaxSlayer offices will be closed Wednesday, December 24th and Thursday, December 25th. Support will reopen on Friday, December 26th. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Release Notes: December 22nd – 1040 View, F1099-R & Usernames

21 Dec 25
Craig Smith
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A deployment is scheduled for the morning of Monday, December 22nd to release the below update(s). Access to the program may be limited during a deployment.

1040 VIEW

  • Display dependent age on new 2025 1040 View (Update)

FORM 1099-R

  • Add text to include QCD’s in the text under Box 2a when calculating taxable amount (Update)

USERNAME DISPLAY

  • When inside a tax return, display the logged in username (Enhancement)