Michigan Department of Treasury send the below messaging to software vendors today.
“Due to the recent weather closures for state of Michigan offices, the Michigan Department of Treasury is in the process of issuing acknowledgments for e-filed income tax returns. It is anticipated that this process will be caught up by the close of business Friday, February 8. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”
2/6/2019
Arizona Department of Revenue sent the below message late yesterday evening. AZ acknowledgements should begin populating at your sites as they work through their backlog.
“Thank you all for your patience. The issue with BR901 has been resolved. Please resume all activity (sending submissions, calling acknowledgements, etc.). Let us know if you additional questions.”
**Arizona also sent erroneous Reject Code 901’s. If your site had any AZ return rejected for Reject Code 901, AZ has stated these can be resubmitted.
2/5/2019
Software vendors have received the below messaging from the Arizona Department of Revenue.
“Please be advised that Arizona has temporarily suspended receiving submissions from the IRS. We will notify you when we start accepting returns.”
Arizona returns can still be transmitted to TaxSlayer as normal, just be advised there will be a delay in receiving acknowledgements.
2/6/2019
Ohio sent the below messaging to software vendors this morning.
“Ohio is currently in the processing of re-sending out all acknowledgements which were not received. We are estimating that all acknowledgments will be re-sent out and received over the next several business days. A follow-up email will be sent when all acknowledgements are showing received in our system. The problem appears to be an intermittent problem, and we are still researching the issue to ensure this does not happen for future submissions.”
2/4/2019
Ohio sent a message to all software developers that they are aware of an issue that is isolated to acknowledgements only. All submissions were processed according to the standard Ohio processing and rejection rules. They are aware of the error and are currently researching the cause and will notify software vendors when there is a resolution.
Indiana would like to inform you of some corrections that many of you are receiving on your submissions. The following Business Rejection Rules have been adjusted within our system to allow many of your rejections to be resubmitted and accepted.
We are putting into production this evening (January 31) a correction to our business rules S529-009 and S529-010 that will now allow the correct rounding to the nearest whole dollar.
We will in production this evening (January 31) to our business rule SDEP-001-01. It has been discovered that we adjusted the rule behind the scenes erroneously and were not allowing any SSN’s/ITIN’s that start with 9. This should now be corrected and should function exactly as it did on a 2017 submission last year.
If you have any return in this rejected state, you can now resend them. You can quickly make this determination by selecting the Rejects button (next to message center) . This will list all of your returns that are both federal and state rejected.
The initial release of the 2018 state programs in the Practice Lab is now available. It is important to keep in mind when accessing 2018 state returns, many states have been delayed (and are still experiencing delays) in releasing final 2018 forms/instructions due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the impact tax reform has had on the IRS release of forms/schedules. As you prepare 2018 state returns in the Practice Lab, you may still see 2017 calculations and/or PDF forms. As information continues to be released and finalized by the states, the Practice Lab will be updated to reflect the most recent information available.
2018 State Features Still to Come
#2310 (RESOLVED)– AL return is not loading properly and impacts the calculation of the return. To prevent the state from automatically loading, do not enter a state in the residency box on the personal information page. If you are in the situation where the return will not calculate, click on the personal section in the left navigation bar to break the calculation process, select State and delete and Alabama.
We received the below message from the Alabama Department of Revenue, MeF Coordinators office:
“We are experiencing a backlog of returns being processed. We are aware of the issue and we are processing returns as rapidly as possible.”
Alabama acknowledgements are being returned but at a slower pace. If your site has any outstanding Alabama state acknowledgements, we ask that you be patient as AL DOR works through their backlog of returns.
We received the following information from Colorado
Colorado is still having technical issues with retrieving and acknowledging returns submitted via MeF. We apologize for the continued delay for returns filed since August 29th.
UPDATE (9/27/18): Statement from Kentucky “Kentucky MeF is once again operational. We are currently retrieving submissions and processing them. Acknowledgements will follow. We appreciate the patience you have shown and know that we will work to clear the backlog as soon as possible. We have not downloaded since 9/2, so it may take some time to clear.”
UPDATE (9/24/18): Kentucky is expecting to begin processing acknowledgements early this week. They are currently in the process of updating their Production Certificate.
We received the following notification from Kentucky
Please be advise that we are nonoperational for individual acknowledgements. They are working to resolve this issue.