Category: Release Notes

Release Notes: November 10th – 2020 Practice Lab

09 Nov 20
Craig Smith
No Comments

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

PRACTICE LAB

  • The 2020 Practice Lab is scheduled to be launched during the November 10th deployment. See additional details here.

 


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Release Notes: November 5th – Carryforward & Client Status

04 Nov 20
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, November 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.

CARRYFORWARD

  • Update for 2020 to not present as a carryforward item State and Local Refund information when the prior year state(s) had a $0 refund or less and did not itemize on the Federal (Enhancement)

CLIENT STATUS

  • Update for 2020 to add a “Cancel” button to the top of the Client Status page accessed from Tools drop-down on Client List (Enhancement)

 


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Release Notes: November 3rd – F9465 & MD

02 Nov 20
Craig Smith
No Comments

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

INSTALLMENT AGREEMENT REQUEST – FORM 9465

  • Provide the ability to mark the checkbox next to Line 13c (Enhancement)

MARYLAND

  • Correct an issue in the Amended MD menu where the original local tax was not carrying to Column A of Form 502X (Issue 5093)

 


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Release Notes: October 22nd – 1040-X E-file (Rescheduled)

21 Oct 20
Craig Smith
No Comments

*10/22/20 – The below update did not deploy this morning.

The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, October 22nd, 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.

AMENDED RETURN E-FILE

  • Correct an issue that to allow e-filing of Amended Federal returns when original return was Direct Debit and amended is now due a refund (Issue 5083)

 


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Release Notes: October 8th – MA, Springboard, 1040X

07 Oct 20
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, October 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.

MASSACHUSETTS

  • Correct an issue where Line 1 of the Schedule X Worksheet was displaying taxable IRA distributions instead of gross distribution (Issue 5059)

SPRINGBOARD

  • Correct an issue where the “Email Support” tool was not sending included attachments. Ability to include attachments removed (Issue 5042)

1040X

  • Programmatically remove extra spaces in the 1040X explanation to prevent validation errors

 


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Release Notes: October 1st – 1040-X, F5405, & E-File

30 Sep 20
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, October 1st, 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.

AMENDED RETURN

  • Correct the issue where amended return e-files were not transmitting (Issue 5066)
    • Previously transmitted amended returns can be resent at this time

FORM 5405 WARNING

  • 2019 to 2020 Program Years: Display a message in Carryforward Page and at e-file if a FTHB repayment existed on the prior year, but not added to current year (Enhancement)

E-FILE PAGE

  • 2019 to 2020 Program Years: Carryforward Driver’s License (or State ID) information if existed in the prior year (Enhancement)

 


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Release Notes: September 24th – NC; 1040X

23 Sep 20
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, September 24th 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.

NORTH CAROLINA

  • Correct an issue where the selected amended return reason checkbox was not saving after exiting the NC return (Issue 5061)

1040X

  • Activated the ability to electronically file a 1040X return (available via Pro Online and desktop)

 


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Release Notes: September 17th – AL & F8606

16 Sep 20
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, September 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.

ALABAMA

  • Update print description on Line 24 of AL Schedule A to account for Casualty Loss items (Issue 5053)

FORM 8606

  • Update behavior to show any calculated taxable (displays “N/A” if no taxable value) amount on F8606 grid after entry to avoid generating PDF to locate any taxable value for 1099-R(s) adjustments (Enhancement)

 

 

 

 

 

 


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