941Express 2012 Release Notes

 Officially Released on 1/9/2012.  Use Download page or Check for updates to obtain.

1.  941Express 2012 will support all of the schema changes from version 2.12 of the e-file specification.  Forms 940 and 944 are updated for TY2011. 

2.  The 940 form adds the following states to the Credit Reduction for TY 2011:  Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wisconsin and the Virgin Islands.  The 940 also had a rate change in the middle of the year from .08 percent to 06 percent after July 1.  This is now addressed on the form as well. The Schedule A was modified to include all of the new CR states in a more seamless fashion.

3.  The 944 form adjusts the Payroll tax to 10.4% as per the payroll tax holiday and also removes the option for advanced income credit. 

4.  A new navigation option is introduced which provides a Windows Explorer-like Tree view for the Company Database.  You can now gain access to all objects from within one single Company Database screen.

5.  Transmission History is now stored in the Company Database for any return that is successfully submitted to Lewis Software, or the IRS. 

6.  941Express now supports the Import and Transmit option for Tab Delimited customers as well as the Excel format.