RE: Intuit should have known about this a long time ago...
They did! They pay people to know these things and they get updates from the IRS.
RE: ...and updated programs.
They just didn't. Instead they sat on their hands until it was too late to get things out on time. They're later this year, it seems, than in prior years with a lot of compliance updates: Payroll tax rates, payroll tax forms, and the 1099 forms.
More and more, they seem unable to plan ahead far enough to complete this kind of timely work on time. Next year ought to be interesting.
