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The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, January 24th beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below updates. Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

1040 PDF

• Correct a display issue where RTN/ACCT information was masked although “Paper Return with Direct Deposit” was return type (Issue 4155)

1040 VIEW (2018)

• Correct “1040 View” alignment issues within the 2018 1040 header section (Issue 4136)

CLIENT LIST

• Add “State Status” to Client List page (Enhancement)
  • Phase 1 to add the “State Status” column to Client List view complete
  • Phase 2 to populate state details is scheduled for Monday release

MARYLAND

• Remove “Paid Preparer” from displaying on Form 502 (Issue 4150)

 

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The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, January 23rd beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below update, but primarily backend updates. Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

SPANISH PROGRAM

• Correct an issue that mistakenly removed the ability to toggle TaxSlayer Pro Online between English/Spanish from the drop-down menu attached to the Taxpayers Name inside a return

 

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The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, January 22nd beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below updates. Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

MARYLAND

• Correct a Two-Income Subtraction allocation issue when SP has Long-Term Capital Loss Carryover reported (Issue 4122)

NEW JERSEY

• Property Tax Credit on Line 55 not prorating based on Part-Year residency dates (Issue 4126)

OREGON

• Add “Gambling Losses claimed as Itemized Deduction” adjustment to Addition to Income (Issue 4123)

 

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The site will be placed in maintenance on Tuesday, January 21st beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below updates. Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

MICHIGAN

• Federally reported 1099-INT/DIV state withholdings not pulling to Schedule W (Issue 4108)

MONTANA

• Form 2, Elderly Homeowner/Renter Credit Schedule not pulling correct values to Lines 2, 4, and 5 (Issue 4121)

 

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The site will be placed in maintenance on Monday, January 20th beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below updates. Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

ALIMONY RECEIVED

• Add additional text to the Alimony Received page to assist users in which date to enter based on changes due to Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (2019 Update)

M1PR

• Correct a calculation issue with Federally taxed dependent care benefits being included on M1PR-AI when not applicable (Issue 4095)

PENNSYLVANIA

• Update text on the Schedule SP page to clarify what type of Non-taxable Interest, Dividends, and Gains to report

SCHEDULE D – SHORT SALE MESSAGE

• Correct a display issue on the short-sale validation message (Issue 4021)

 

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

9:21am ET: At this time, prints for all years have returned to normal operations.

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9:03am ET: The issue has been identified and actively being worked at this time. During this period, you may experience interruption with real-time calcs.

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8:49am ET: We are currently investigating as to why generating a PDF is not rendering for all years.

The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, January 17th beginning at 5:00am ET to release the below updates. Note that deployments may take up to 3 hours to complete. During this time, access to the program may be limited.

CHILD TAX CREDIT

• Correct a checkbox display issue in Line 16 of CTC/ODC Worksheet (Issue 4076)

FILING STATUS WIZARD

• Update year of death values for spouse (2019 Update)

PENNSYLVANIA

• Correct a display issue on Schedule W-2S, Section II, Column C where the Payer Name is shown instead of Payer FEIN (Issue 4100)

START NEW RETURN

• Enable “Start New Return” for 2019 production sites

 

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