17208: 2021.04.27 - Drake20 Updates

Arkansas Update 18

• S Corporation, Partnership and Fiduciary Packages:
  • EF Message 0296 will no longer be generated when Form AR1000CR, Arkansas Income Tax Composite Tax Return, is suppressed.
• Individual Package:
  • EF Message 0163 will no longer be generated when a description code using all uppercase letters is entered on AR screen PREP.

Arizona Update 28

• Individual Package:
  • Form 204-E, Application for Electronic Filing of Extension Request, will now show up as eligible for e-file when "AZ" is selected from the "State/City" drop list on federal screen STEX. 

Delaware Update 11

• Individual Package
  • "Accepted" will now be displayed in the "EF Status" column of the Calculation Results window when the return has been accepted by DE and screen ESUM displays an "ACK Code" of "A."
  • Form DE2210, Delaware Underpayment of Estimated Taxes, now displays the correct number of days a payment is late. The Delaware Underpayment Penalty Worksheet now uses the 2020 revised estimate due dates to correctly calculate the number of days late.

Georgia Update 13

• Individual Package
  • The following check boxes have been added to aid in preparing amended returns for GA returns previously filed without the federal unemployment exclusion addition on Schedule 1 of Form 500, Individual Income Tax Return:
    • "Calculate return without federal unemployment addition" on GA screen 1
    • "Use Unemployment Exclusion Addback Explanation" on GA screen X

Iowa Update 25

• Individual Package:
  • Iowa Return Note 0021 has been added to remind preparers that if Form 1099-R, Pensions, Annuities Retirement, Profit-Sharing, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc., is for the Iowa Public Retirement System to select "I" from the "Pension Type" drop list on federal screen 1099.

Montana Update 20

• Multiple Packages:
  • Improvements have been made to text in EF Messages. 
• Individual Package:
  • Contributions now flow, as expected, to line 10b, "Charitable contributions," of Form 2, Montana Individual Income Tax Return, for Montana nonresidents if the taxpayer is taking the federal standard deduction.
  • When there is a cash contribution on Schedule K-1P, the correct total contribution amount allowable now flows to line 10b, "Charitable contributions," of Form 2, Montana Individual Income Tax Return, if the taxpayer is taking the federal standard deduction.
  • An update prevents EF Message 0130 from appearing in triplicate on the Calculation Results window when the filing status is Married Filing Jointly. 
  • EF Message 0133 now prevent a negative number from being entered in the override field on line 7, "Other payments," of MT screen 2, helping prevent a DRKPARSE for "Secondary element is invalid based on its datatype."
  • EF Message 0134 now prevents incomplete data entry for credit for taxes paid to another state on MT screen SCH6, helping prevent EF reject Form2-E131, "Nonrefundable Credits Schedule, Line 3, Column A. does not equal Credit for Income Tax Paid to Another State or Country Schedule Line 10, Column A." 

General State Programming Update 28

• Individual Package:
  • EF Message 9659 will now be generated when an amount has been entered for "State income" on federal screen 99N but no state has been selected from the "ST" drop list, preventing reject "StateAbbreviationCd."