Release Notes

This is the early release for tax year 2020.

NEW:

  • All 2020 tax forms and instructions have been updated with IRS changes.
  • All business rules and custom queries have been updated for 2020 form fields.
  • All 2020 sample import files and Excel data shells have been added.
  • All reports have been updated for 2020 tax form changes.
  • All help files have been updated for 2020.

FORM CHANGES:

  • Form 1096: New checkbox for 1099-NEC and calculation for 1099-PATR.
  • Form 1098-F: New code for Box 8 - I - Payment to third party at the direction of a government or governmental entity.
  • Form 1099-MISC:
    • 2019 box 9 → 2020 box 7
    • 2019 box 10 → 2020 box 9
    • 2019 box 14 → 2020 box 10
    • 2019 box 15a → 2020 box 12
    • Removed box 14 and box 15b
  • Form 1099-PATR:
    • 2019 box 5 - Redemption of nonqualified notices and retain allocations → 2020 box 5 - Redeemed nonqualified notices
    • 2019 Box 6 - Domestic production activities deduction → 2020 Box 6 - Section 199A(g) deduction
    • 2019 Box 7 - Qualified payments → 2020 Box 7 - Qualified payments (Section 199A(b)(7))
    • 2019 Box 8 - Investment credit → 2020 Box 8 - Section 199A(a) qual. items
    • 2019 Box 9 - Work opportunity credit → 2020 Box 9 - Section 199A(a) SSTB items
    • 2019 Box 10 - Patron's AMT adjustment → 2020 Box 10 - Investment credit
    • 2019 Box 11 - Other credits and deductions → 2020 Box 11 - Work opportunity credit
    • 2019 box 11 → 2020 box 12
    • New box 13 - Specified Coop
  • Form 1099-R:
    • 2019 FATCA filing requirement → 2020 box 12
    • 2019 Date of payment → 2020 box 13
    • 2019 box 12 → 2020 box 14
    • 2019 box 13 → 2020 box 15 
    • 2019 box 14 → 2020 box 16
    • 2019 box 15 → 2020 box 17
    • 2019 box 16 → 2020 box 18
    • 2019 box 17 → 2020 box 19
  • Form 1099-SB:
    • 2019 ISSUER'S information contact name → 2020 Issuer's information contact name, street address, city or town, state or province, country, ZIP or foreign postal code and telephone no. (if different from ISSUER)
  • Form 5498: New code for Box 14b - BA for reporting a repayment of a qualified birth or adoption distribution.




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