Is there an easy way to confirm tax version?

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Is there no simple way to confirm which tax update version you are on? I thought it would be as easy as opening PR, going to Help > About and seeing it right there. According to an old Sage knowledgebase article I found. Their suggestion is to check the effective date on the taxes in PR. That's fine when you've only done a single update for the year, but all these sub-updates share an effective date so that doesn't tell me if I'm current. Instead, I have to compare the tax changes from the release notes with formulas in PR to see if they match up. 
 It seems like there has to be a simpler way to handle this. I'm not saying it's unbearable or something we do often, it just seems silly that this is the answer. Am I missing something?

Rhonda V · Accepted Answer

If you use the two step process, you'll end up with 2 different print files. If you download & choose to update at that same time, you'll end up with 1 print file. If you can locate these/this print file(s), (in other words, save it to file in a particular place so you'll have it as a reference) you can confirm you've downloaded the file & that you updated the taxes. If you open these print files, they will provide you with paths to backup copies of files that you can also use to confirm that you've got the latest using file explorer. I think there's been 3 tax updates so far this year. The last one included: 
 "Payroll Tax Update 23.03 
 Update 23.03 includes a state tax change. 
 State tax change 
 Connecticut Paid Family Leave (CTPFL)Effective date: January 1, 2023The taxable wage limit has been increased to $160,200.The employee contribution rate remains at 0.5%." 
 So, yes, checking the wage limit on CTPFL tax under setup tax rates would also indicate you're up to date. 
 Also, if you can locate your Dowload Tax folder inside Timberline Office\9.5\Accounting\MISC, you'll see the different taxes you've downloaded. For example our's looks like this: PTUS2301.zip, PTUS2302.zip, PTUS2303.zip if I've downloaded all the 2023 tax updates so far (#01, #02, and #03).

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