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AvanTax eForms 2024.103 is now available for download. This eForms release resolves an issue which could occur when installing eForms 2024.102 as a Network Administrator installation over an existing eForms 2024.100 Network Administrator installation.

Release 2024.103 makes no other changes to AvanTax eForms, and you do not need to install it if eForms 2024.102 is running without issue.

Items marked "In process" will be included in the eForms Production Release, scheduled for late 2024

1. AvanTax eForms fully incorporates the CPP2 & QPP2 changes that came into effect on January 1, 2024 for both the CRA T4 slip and the Revenu Québec Relevé 1 slip as well as for their respective XML submissions.

2. Programming for the T5103 - Statement of Partnership Income has undergone extensive review and has been fully updated for the 2024 tax season.

3. eForms' 'Start Page' has been replaced by a 'Home Screen' which has been designed with a bright, process oriented layout that should help to make February a little less crazy.

4. The ability to precisely import and precisely update existing slip data has been added to eForms Enterprise. This is how it works: Data exported from eForms into a CSV file will contain a unique ID for each slip. This ID is independent of any user entered data and provides a dedicated matching key to reliably update existing slip data when importing from the revised CSV file.

5. In process: The email recipient slips utility is being completely redesigned to take advantage of the latest security features offered by the Google and Microsoft email servers.

Available in the AvanTax eForms Production Release, scheduled for late 2024

1. The code for the T5103 - Statement of Partnership Income has undergone extensive review and improvement.

2. The email recipient slips utility has been completely redesigned to take advantage of the latest features offered by the Google and Microsoft email servers.

3. We have completely redesigned the eForms Start Page, giving it a new name - 'Home' - and refreshing it with a bright, process oriented layout that should help to make February a little less insane.

All rates and constants have been updated for the 2024 taxation year.

Data may be rolled forward from 2023 AvanTax eForms.

All Forms printing / XML output is in 2023 format, but may be used for filing 2024 returns.

♦ We have made a number of improvements to the eForms function to export data to CSV files. In addition we made some improvements to the eForms import function that updates existing data based on a linking filed such as the SIN or name.

A bug has been found affecting Relevé 1 data entry.

When entering data using the Relevé 1 Data Entry Screen, it is possible for multiple T4 slips to be created, each one containing a portion of the data on the Relevé 1 slip. Additionally, under certain circumstances, if you were to view and browse the spurious T4 slips created by this process, you may find additional duplicate Relevé 1 slips are also created. The effect may be more pronounced if you have the province of employment set to “QC” in the company setup. Until the new upgrade is installed it is recommended that you change the default province of employment in the company setup to a blank if it is presently set to 'QC'.

This has been corrected in release 2023.107 of eForms.

After installing the update, you may have to clean up any Relevé 1 or T4 data that you entered manually. The number of extra slips may vary. Even if it seems like there are many slips, then simply delete the extra ones. You may have to go back and forth between the Relevé 1 and T4 screens a couple of times to make sure you got them all. Then check your work.

If there are too many Relevé 1 and T4 slips to go it may be better to delete the Relevé 1s and T4s and start over.

If it looks like the Relevé 1s are OK, but the T4s are too difficult to fix then there is a procedure involving delinking the slips, deleting the T4s and then relinking the slips again. Contact technical support for assistance.