STATE NEWS RELASE - LA, CO, AL (01/31/2024)

STATE NEWS RELASE - LA, CO, AL (01/31/2024)

LA 
Louisiana has found an issue and turned efile off temporarily.
Please do not transmit any LA returns until 5:00pm ET today (January 31st).
Currently, all LA transmissions will reject with code “Vendor” and reason “You have not been approved to submit this MeF Return type yet“. This will be corrected/updated by 5pm ET.

CO
Message from the state of Colorado: We would like to update you on Colorado's status for the TY2023 tax year. As of now, we are not open, but we anticipate opening by mid-February. For products that are approved for the TY2023 e-file, you may start transmitting Colorado returns. However, please inform your users that their returns will only be processed once we officially open.  This applies to all income tax types. Information about the opening date will be available on our website.

AL
Software vendors received the below message from AL DOR.
AL returns can still be transmitted as normal, just note there will be a delay in receiving an acknowledgement.
“Alabama has not started sending out acknowledgments. We plan to start sending them out by the end of the week.“



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