Note: Your software must be on at least v2020.20.16 to apply this update.

Release Notes

Important

  • Tax Year 2021 is locked for Electronic Filing, Service Bureau Uploads, and Paper Filing.
  • You will need a 2021 Authorization Code starting with the letter "E" before installing this update. 


New and improved:

  • We updated all 2021 tax forms and instructions with IRS changes.
  • We updated all business rules and custom queries for 2021 form fields.
  • We added all 2021 sample import files and excel data shells..
  • We updated all reports for 2021 tax form changes.
  • We updated all help files for 2021.
  • We added the 2021 Reprint Scheduler and templates v2021.12.15.
  • For State Filing, the 1099-NEC is participating in Combined Federal/State Filing for tax year 2021. 
  • Tax year 2022 preliminary forms are available for data entry, reports, and exports.
  • We updated Federal Thresholds per IRS form changes.
  • We updated State Thresholds per IRS form changes.
  • In Pro Central, we updated the tax reporting deadlines and penalty amounts.


Form changes:

  • 1099-DIV
    • New Box 2e (Section 897 ordinary dividends)
    • New Box 2f (Section 897 capital gain)
  • 1099-MISC
    • The form title is now Miscellaneous Information
    • New Box 11 (Fish purchased for resale)
  • 1099-NEC
    • New Box 2 Checkbox (Payer made direct sales totaling $5,000 or more of consumer products to recipient for resale)
    • Removed FATCA Checkbox
    • Form resized so now it can fit up to 3 per page
  • 1099-PATR
    • Expiration of certain credits reported in Box 12
      • The Indian Employment Credit
      • Second Generation Biofuel Producer credits
      • The Production Credit for Indian Coal Facilities
  • W-2G
    • 2020 Box 11 First I.D.  → 2021 Box 11 First identification
    • 2020 Box 12 Second I.D.  → 2021 Box 12 Second identification
  • W-2
    • For tax year 2021, the Social Security Wage Base is now $142,800.
    • For tax year 2021, the Social Security tax withheld amount should not exceed $8,853.60 ($142,800 × 6.2%).
    • The tax year 2021 Social Security and Medicare coverage threshold for Household wages is now $2,300 ($100 increase from 2020).
    • Penalties have increased. The higher penalty amounts apply to returns required to be filed after December 31, 2021.
  • 1042-S
    • Chapter 3 Exemption
      • 2020 Code: 02 Exempt under IRC (other than portfolio interest) → 2021 Code: 02 “Exempt under IRC”
    • New Chapter 3 Exemption Code: 24 Exempt under section 892
    • Review the following 2021 1042-S code changes and make any required changes to your data or imports:



Bug fixes:

  • Previously, on the Reprint Scheduler, the 1042-S Foreign TIN was not being masked. We fixed this issue. (CS-3208)
  • For Electronic Filing, the Puerto Rico Grouping by EIN filter was not working for tax year 2020. We fixed this issue. (CS-3308)
  • We corrected the 1099-NEC State Abbrev and State ID box field names from Box 17 to Box 6.



Coming soon

  • 2021 eFileViewer 
  • 2021 Web Presentment API



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