The site will be placed in maintenance on Friday, January 11th to release the below updates.

CALIFORNIA

• Correct an incorrect spelling of “decedent” in the CA Basic Information menu (Issue 2304)

QUALIFIED BUSINESS INCOME DEDUCTION

• Adding the QBID worksheet as a print set selection – In the print sets menu, search for “QBID Worksheet” (Issue 2326)

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We will placing returns in maintenance on Thursday, January 10th to release a couple updates listed below.

LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PREMIUMS

• Update LTC Premium deduction values to allowed 2018 amounts within the Federal Itemized Deduction menu (Issue 2270)

SCHEDULE K-1, 1041

• Add Section 199A entry field related to Qualified Business Income Deduction (QBID)

STATE & LOCAL SALES TAX WORKSHEET

• Update the State and Local General Sales Tax Worksheet to 2018 (Issue 2261)

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The site will be placed in maintenance on Wednesday, January 9th to release the below updates.

CAPITAL GAIN/LOSS PDF ATTACHMENT

• Correct an issue that was causing an error to be rendered when attempting to access the PDF Attachment menu in 2018 (Issue 2295)

FORM 2106

• Adjusted text for the “Occupation” field to acknowledge entry of auto expenses will be available on the next screen after clicking “Continue” (Issue 2249)

FORM W-2G

• Adding additional text to the “Gambling Losses” entry field to let users know the losses reported directly within a W-2G are limited to the winnings reported (Issue 2257)

PRIOR YEAR COMPARISON TOOL

• Corrected the “Difference” column where the results were inverted (Issue 2233)

SELLER FINANCED INTEREST

• Correct an issue where attempting to save a Seller Financed Interest entry was causing an error (Issue 2256)

STATE RETURNS

• Turning on the state “Short-View” pages in the 2018 software. This is the page of additional state questions that is prompted after completing the Federal Basic Information when a resident state return is listed (Issue 2302)

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The site will be placed in maintenance on Tuesday morning in order to turn on the State PDF View feature in the 2018 software. Real-time calcs in the state sub-menus has been turned on as well. There will also be some back-end updates going out as well.

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The site will be placed in maintenance on Thursday, January 3rd to release some updates.

1040 VIEW

• Correct a display issue where Education Credit amounts were not carrying to Line 17c (Issue 2217)

HEALTH INSURANCE

• Update the 1040 line references on the Household Income screen to correlate with the new 1040 (Issue 2210)

W-2

• Adding new Box 12 Codes GG and HH

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We will be placing the site in maintenance on Friday, December 28th to release mainly back-end program updates and the below customer facing update.

REPORTS

• Update the text found on the top of the Reports menu to be more consistent with the new Report menu categories

We will be placing the site in maintenance on Thursday, December 27th to release a series of back-end updates. No customer facing updates are scheduled.

We will be placing the returns in maintenance mode on Wednesday, December 26th at 5:00 am Eastern for a series of updates to include:

• Adding the new line box 5 REIT dividends to the 1099 DIV menu (Part of tax reform)

 

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