Software Developer

TY2017

• 7/27/2017 - 1D Barcode layout posted to SES.

• 7/26/2017 - Fiduciary Draft forms have been posted to SES.

• 7/25/2017 - Individual Draft forms have been posted to SES.

• 7/3/2017 - Message from the Corporate Forms Committee

• 6/29/2017 - Corporate Draft forms have been posted to SES along with the LOI for Substitute Forms Design, 1D Barcode Layout and the Substitute Forms Design Document. 

• Please contact AudreyJ.Terry@ky.gov if you need access to the KYST folders in SES.  All draft forms and substitute forms information will only be posted to SES for tax year 2017.  We are accepting forms for review/approval as they become available.

• 5/31/2017 - Family Size Tax Credit Table for TY2017

• 5/1/2017 - Tax Year 2017 Forms Committees and forms design has started; draft forms will be placed on the SES this year when we begin releasing them.  The TY2017 Letter of Intent for Substitute Forms Design is not available at this time. 

TY2016

• 5/26/2017 - The IRS will conduct its annual Memorial Day systems maintenance beginning Friday, May 26, 2017, at 6 p.m. EDT and ending on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at 5 a.m. EDT.  MeF (downloads and acknowledgements) will be unavailable during this time.

• 2/15/2017 - Scheduled date to begin releasing IIT refunds for tax year 2016

• 1/23/2017 - Individual MeF Startup for Tax Year 2016; Kentucky will participate in the controlled launch.

• 1/6/2017 - Business MeF Startup for Tax Year 2016

• 12/26/2016 - Business MeF Production Shutdown for Tax Year 2015

• 12/1/2016 - IMF schema version KYIndividual2016v1.0 has been posted to SES.  It will become effective on 12/3 for ATS testing and will be the version approved for startup of TY2016 Production.

• The federal due date for C Corporation returns is being changed effective with the 2016 tax year.  Kentucky will not be changing our tax due date for corporate and pass through entity returns.

• 11/30/2016 - 1040 MeF Production Shutdown for Tax Year 2015

• 11/15/2016 - KY ATS start date for BMF return types 720, 720-S and 720-SL (remaining return type start dates will be announced soon)

• 11/14/2016 - Final Forms posted - Individual and Fiduciary income tax forms

• 11/07/2016 - KY ATS start date for IMF for all return types but 725 and 720-SL

• 11/03/2016 - BMF KY Publication 4163 and Reject Codes have been posted

• 10/30/2016 - IMF Business Rules and Reject Codes have been posted

• 10/29/2016 - TY2016 KY Publication 4164 - MeF Guide for Software Developers - IMF 

• 10/9/2016 - KY Schema KYInvidividual2016v0.1 posted to SES

• 9/21/2016 - What's New for Tax Year 2016 for IIT

• 9/9/2016 - Kentucky Publication 1345 - Handbook for e-Filers of IIT and TY2016 Letter of Intent for Software Development have been posted to the State Exchange System (SES)

• 9/9/2016 - 2D Barcode specifications posted; Testing begins 9/12/2016

• 9/5/2016 - Family Size Tax Table for TY2016

• 7/23/2016 - Draft TY2016 Individual Forms posted.

• 7/23/2016 - Draft TY2016 Fiduciary Forms posted.

• 7/17/2016 - TY2016 1D Barcode Layout is available.​

• 7/17/2016 - Draft TY2016  Corporate Forms posted as they become available.  We will immediately begin accepting forms for approval in draft form.   Please complete the Letter of Intent for Substitute Forms Design to begin the approval process. 

• Refer to the Substitute Forms Development Document for additional information.

• 3/31/2016 - Tax Year 2016 Forms Committees and forms design is underway