Payroll Compliance Reporting
2024 RELEASE NOTES
Tax Year 2024
Version 24.2
April 2025
Installation Instructions
The following installation types require the 24.2 update:
- Stand-Alone
- Workstation Only
- Workstation/Server
Server Only installations do not require the 24.2 update.
As a best practice, it is recommended that you close the application on all workstations and update each one separately.
What's New
Change to URL for Updates
Payroll has updated the URL for downloading updates. This change simply updates the source location for program and form downloads and should not impact your workflow.
Version 24.1
January 2025
Installation Instructions
The following installation types require the 24.1 update:
- Stand-Alone
- Workstation Only
- Workstation/Server
Server Only installations do not require the 24.1 update.
As a best practice, it is recommended that you close the application on all workstations and update each one separately.
What's New
W-2 and 1099 Import
The W-2 and 1099 mappings are updated to support the QuickBooks, Sage and Client Accounting Suite imports for 2024.
Version 24.0
November 2024
Introduction
Thank you for choosing Payroll Compliance Reporting as your tax preparation software! The entire team that designs, builds, tests and supports Payroll Compliance Reporting has only one goal in mind: to provide you with a powerful solution that helps your business achieve improved workflow efficiency and tax compliance.
To ensure that your system is ready for the newest version of Payroll Compliance Reporting, please review the System Requirements. You can also test your system against those requirements with our
Notes about this release
.NET Framework software is required by many desktop software applications and Payroll Compliance Reporting needs current version (4.8) to install and operate. If you don't already have .NET software, it will be installed automatically as part of the Payroll Compliance Reporting installation. After a .NET installation, a message may prompt you to restart your system in order to complete configuration of Payroll Compliance Reporting 2024. After the restart, Payroll Compliance Reporting installation will continue and will complete automatically.
Installation Instructions
For information on installation, see the Learning Portal.
What's New
Video: What's New for 2024 Payroll Compliance Reporting
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Under the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) safeguard rules, Payroll's software security will be bolstered by requiring two or more verification factors to gain access. A video and help topic are available to help users with how this authentication operates, and how it will help protect confidential information.
Peek Icon on Login Screen
The peek icon in the Login Screen allows Payroll software users to click the toggle icon to view the typed password. This makes it easier to view passwords upon entering, which lessens potential frustrations and user error with mistyped passwords.
Tax Return-In-Progress Indicator
The Tax Return-In-Progress Indicator in the Return Manager of Payroll provides a visual peek and indication into pending additional information inside a tax return. This reduces the chances for missing required information inside a tax return, which increases overall efficiencies and enhances the workflow, and so creates further time savings especially for users with high volume tax returns.
PRS Cost
The cost of PRS (Per Return System) returns have been updated to reflect the 2024 pricing of $16 per return.
Payroc has replaced iTransact
Payroll has replaced iTransact with Payroc for use as an electronic payment provider that allows taxpayers to pay the tax preparation fees electronically.