Fixed a potential bug that popped up in version 2023.1.1 that was issued last week. This issue affected only EAC Tools -- Full Version, it did not affect EAC Tools -- Basic Version.
The bug occurred if you were to refresh the Social Security wage base data. In this case, the download from the Social Security web page would fail. If you did not refresh the wage base data, then there was no problem.
If you refreshed the wage base data, then you would have the problem:
The bug occurred if you were to refresh the Social Security wage base data. In this case, the download from the Social Security web page would fail. If you did not refresh the wage base data, then there was no problem.
If you refreshed the wage base data, then you would have the problem:
- Function WageBase was off (during the download, the digits after the comma were dropped). For example, the wage base for 2024 would be $168 instead of $168,600.
- Function CovComp and Function SocSec were off because of the WageBase issue.
- The resulting values for Wage Base, Covered Compensation, and Social Security would be nearly zero, thankfully it is an error that is hard to miss!
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