New for Tax Year 2021

The 2021 Development Plan

The 2021 tax year product includes many new features designed to improve efficiency and productivity. This document provides information about these major new initiatives currently being developed. Our goals in enhancing our products are to improve ease-of-use and to increase your productivity and efficiency. In 2021, our applications will include even more forms and greater functionality.

This document addresses general product direction and related information.

This is the current development plan. It is subject to modifications based on changes in compliance and resources.

Release Schedule

We have developed the release schedule with the goal in mind of maximizing testing opportunities to ensure quality while meeting your processing needs. The table below shows the 2021 Release Schedule.

This schedule represents the minimum number of releases. We will provide interim updates as needed. The 21-P release allows clients to prepare for preseason by identifying the returns for which they wish to suppress rollover and/or Organizer print services and authorize preseason.

Version	Available	Version	Available
21-P	10/22/2021	21-4	3/18/2022
21-1	12/3/2021	21-5	5/20/2022
21-2	1/7/2022	21-6	7/22/2022
21-3	2/4/2022	21-7	9/23/2022

Supported Environments

Because requirements for the supported environments change from time to time, refer to the most current information here.

We recommend that you review the Microsoft Product Lifecycle information when planning for the upcoming tax season: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=lifecycle

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Last Modified: 09/15/2020

Last System Build: 09/25/2022