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Accounting

• We have addressed an issue that caused Accounting CS to close unexpectedly when importing client records from UltraTax CS via the File > Import > Populate Clients from UltraTax CS wizard.

Accounting CS Payroll, for live payroll processing

In addition to the changes made for general payroll features listed above for after-the-fact payroll processing, the following changes have been made for the live payroll processing features specific to Accounting CS Payroll.

• For every release, be sure to check the Updates for payroll tax rates, limits, and minimum wage rates (year to date) article to stay on top of changes that may affect your firm and clients.

Payroll compliance

• Pennsylvania. After the 2018.4.4 release of Accounting CS, the state of Pennsylvania added further clarification regarding their updated internet filing requirements for Form REV-1667.  We have updated the form (above the "CUT HERE" line) and the file format to support these requirements. 
• We have addressed an issue that, in certain circumstances, caused Accounting CS to close unexpectedly when attempting to save changes made to the Form 1094-C and/or 1095-C layouts in the Layout Designer.

  Note: If your firm has modified the predefined version of the 1094-C and 1095-C layouts, the application will not overwrite your existing layouts with the updated versions. If this is the case, you will need to make the necessary changes to your customized layouts manually, or you will need to restore the latest predefined versions using the Layout Designer. To do the latter, expand the 1095 Forms tree and select the layout from the Layouts list pane in the Layout Designer and then choose File > Restore Default.

Updates for payroll tax forms, tax agents, and new hire files

To search for a specific state, locality, form, or file in one of the sections listed below, follow these steps.

• Payroll tax forms updated

  We have updated the following forms, internet files, and electronic files to the latest versions available from the agencies. Those forms marked with an asterisk (*) were released via an alert between application updates, not as part of the current release.

  State

  • Kentucky – Form K-5*
  • Pennsylvania – Form REV-1667 and internet file
• Forms pending approval

  The following forms are pending approval. Once the forms have been approved, we will make them available in a subsequent software update.

  Forms that are approved after the current update (and before the next update) will be made available immediately. We will inform you of the approval in the following ways.

  • Via an alert message that displays when you open the application.
  • In the Payroll Alerts section of the Notices portlet on the Home or Firm dashboard.
  • In the Payroll tax forms approved between application updates topic.

  Annual forms

  • Hawaii – Form HW-3
  • Kentucky local
    • Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government – Form 222
  • Ohio local
    • Central Collection Agency – Form CCA-W3
    • City of Akron, OH – Form AW-3
    • City of Cincinnati Income Tax Division – Form W-3
    • Columbus City Treasurer – Forms IT-13 and IT-13J
    • Commissioner of Taxation City of Toledo – Form W-3
  • Pennsylvania local
    • City of Philadelphia – Form Philadelph_Annual

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