Category: Release Notes

Release Notes: Thursday, March 21st at 5:00am ET

20 Mar 19
Craig Smith
No Comments

Returns will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, March 21st to release the below software updates.

KANSAS

  • Correct an issue where a KS return was allowing itemized deductions on Line 4 when the Federal was using the Standard Deduction (Issue 3275)

PENNSYLVANIA

  • Add the ability in a Part-Year PA return to enter moving expenses for the Schedule UE – Part E (Issue 3172)

 

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Release Notes: Wednesday, March 20th at 5:00am ET

19 Mar 19
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, March 20th to release the below software updates.

ARIZONA

  • Correct print issues related to Arizona Form 203 for Injured Spouse (both Spouses were being marked as injured spouse) (Issue 3224)

CONNECTICUT

  • Correct a calculation issue for MFS returns where they should be receiving a value on Line 41 for Social Security Benefit Adjustment but were not (Issue 3166)

MINNESOTA

  • Add a Company Name entry field for the SP within the Long Term Care Insurance Premium Credit menu (Issue 3249)

MONTANA

  • Correct an issue where the MT Standard Deduction was being applied to a return instead of Itemized Deductions (Issue 3142)

NEW YORK

  • Correct an issue where moving expenses listed on the Federal return were not carrying to Form IT-225 (Issue 3161)

SIMPLIFIED METHOD WORKSHEET

  • Correct a print issue on Line 10 of the Simplified Method Worksheet where it was being left blank in error (Issue 3175)

 

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

Release Notes: Monday, March 18th at 5:00am ET

17 Mar 19
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Monday, March 18th to release the below software updates.

GEORGIA

  • Added an entry field within Subtractions from Income menu for “Income received from deceased veterans by surviving family” (Issue 3138)

MINNESOTA

  • Add a subtraction field on the MN Nonresident program for National Guard income (Issue 3169)

OHIO

  • Correct an issue where the OH Lump-Sum Retirement Credit was not calculating for a return (Issue 3141)

PENNSYLVANIA

  • Correct an allocation issue where Federally reported Seller Financed Interest was only allocated to the TP (Issue 3150)

 

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

Release Notes: Friday, March 15th at 5:00am ET

14 Mar 19
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, March 15th to release the below software updates.

APPLICATION OF EXTENSION

  • Correct an issue where the “File My Extension” button was missing when an extension was present in a return (Issue 3162)

MONTANA

  • Correct an issue in the Payments menu where “Overpayment applied from 2017 return) entries were not being applied to 2018 MT return (Issue 3151)
    • This entry is to made in the Federal Section > Payments & Estimates > State Estimated Payments

NEW YORK

  • Correct an issue where unused union dues as an itemized deduction were not being applied to Line 44 of NY return (Issue 3132)

OREGON

  • Correct an issue where the OR Schedule A was not included when generating a PDF from the State PDF View (Issue 2563)

STATE AND LOCAL REFUND WORKSHEET

  • Correct an issue where the full state refund was being included as taxable income when only prior year sales tax was provided (Issue 3076)

VIRGINIA

  • Add the ability for MFS VA returns to allocate dependent exemptions between TP/SP within VA Basic Information menu (Issue 3113)

 

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

Release Notes: Wednesday, March 13th at 5:00am ET

12 Mar 19
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, March 13th to release the below software updates.

CALIFORNIA 

  • This issue specific to a CA return being created with a Federal 1040-NR. Correct an issue where Scholarship and Grant income was carrying over as Alimony Received on the CA return (Issue 3120)

CONNECTICIT (PART-YEAR)

  • Correct an issue where allocated Dividends and Capital Gains were not carrying to Column B of the CT-1040AW (Issue 3093)

DELAWARE

  • Correct an issue on the DE Amended Return where the additional standard deduction was being limited to $1,000 (Issue 3124)

FORM 8962

  • Correct an issue where an added household member in the Health Insurance questionnaire was not being included in the family size shown on F8962, Line 1 (Issue 2839)
    • On the “Household Member” page, there is now a “Override Tax Family Size” option to manually enter the family tax size

HAWAII

  • Update the HI State Tax Refund Worksheet to update the entry field label for “2017 Credit for Res Construction” and remove the entry field for “2017 Credit for General Tax” (Issue 3118)

MICHIGAN

  • Correct an issue where Federal returns with only 1099-R income reported were not properly carrying to the MI Schedule W. The overall calculation was always correct and included MI withholding from 1099-R (Issue 3123)

MINNESOTA

  • Correct a MN E-file Block prompted for missing M1-LTI information when needed information was provided inside the state return (Issue 3092)

OLD IRS ACK REPORT

  • Correct a display issue where the Taxpayer name for a return where an extension was filed was showing as an encrypted hash (Issue 3117)

OTHER CAPITAL GAINS DATA

  • Correct an issue where the BEGIN button was not changing to EDIT after data was entered into the “Other Capital Gains Data” menu (Issue 2848)

OTHER DEPENDENT CREDIT

  • Correct an issue where ODC was not calculating when the qualifying dependent relationship to TP was “Other” and months lived with TP was 12 (Issue 3126)

WISCONSIN

  • Correct a display issue where Part-Year WI dates of residency were not carrying to the WI return (Issue 3128)

ZIP CODE DATABASE

  • Add zip code 19176 for Philadelphia, PA to the zip code database (Issue 3109)

 

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

Release Notes: Monday, March 11th at 5:00am ET

08 Mar 19
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Monday, March 11th to release the below software updates.

ISSUE 3062

  • Correct the printing issue certain Security Templates are experiencing described here (Issue 3062)

KENTUCKY

  • Correct an entry when data entered in the 2nd entry menu for “Retirement Income Schedule P, Part 1” was duplicating into the 3rd entry menu and vice versa (Issue 3070)

MINNESOTA M1X

  • Correct a display issue where the originally reported K-12 Education Credit entry was not correctly carrying to M1X, Line 19, Column C (carrying to Column B instead) (Issue 3097)

 

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

Release Notes: Friday, March 8th at 5:00am ET

08 Mar 19
Craig Smith
No Comments

The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, March 4th to release the below software updates.

CLIENT STATUS

  • Correct the issue in Client Status causing the Client Return Audit History section to be blank (Issue 3088)

DELAWARE

  • Correct a calculation issue on the DE Amended Return Net Refund line on a specific return (Issue 3030)

FEDERAL REJECT CODE

  • Corrected an issue on MFS returns where the Standard Deduction Worksheet was being used in error resulting in Reject Code IND-347-01. Impacted returns can be resubmitted (Issue 3047)

GEORGIA

  • Add a menu within the GA Amended Program to enter an explanation of changes (Issue 3064)

ILLINOIS

  • Update line references within the Illinois Amended program to not list specific lines (Issue 2906)

MARYLAND

  • Correct an issue causing a MD E-file Block specific to the Two-Income Subtraction on Part-Year returns (Issue 3050)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • Correct a validation error specific to a NH return and the State Payment Date (Issue 3079)

NEW JERSEY

  • Correct a print issue on the NJ-1040-X where the Single checkbox was being marked in addition to the MFJ checkbox (Issue 2945)

NEW MEXICO

  • Correct an issue where entries made inside the RPD-41083 menu were not staying saved when exiting state program (Issue 3066)

NEW YORK

  • Correct a calculation issue where the NY Empire State Credit was being awarded in error (Issue 3094)

PENNSYLVANIA

  • Increase the allowed 529 Contribution amount from $14,000 to $15,000 (Issue 3065)

WISCONSIN

  • Correct a print issue on the WI Legal Resident Questionnaire where dates entered were not carrying the year correctly (Issue 3080)

 

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

Release Notes: Thursday, March 7th at 5:00am ET (BACK-END UPDATES ONLY)

06 Mar 19
Craig Smith
No Comments

Returns will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, March 7th to deploy back-end software updates.