# Taxcycle release naming convention - pls clarify

**URL:** <https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/taxcycle-release-naming-convention-pls-clarify/2570>\
**Category:** TaxCycle General\
**Created:** [July 7, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/taxcycle-release-naming-convention-pls-clarify/2570 "2019-07-07T19:32:20Z")\
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I like to keep track of the Taxcyle release numbers and dates with the release notes to help me understand and organize the new features, fixes, and best practices.

Right now I am putting T1 2018 to bed and documenting my learnings and self recommendations to improved my workflows and checklists for T1 2019.

While reviewing the 2018 release notes I have noticed the following:

**FIRST NUMBER = T1 YEAR**  
I notice that you use the T1 tax year for the first number.  
Currently this is 8.

**SECOND NUMBER VARIES - 0, 1, 2**

I notice that pre-tax season the second number is 0. This seemed to have started sometime in October.  
8.0

The first such release that I had downloaded was  
TaxCycle version 8.0.33980.0—Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 and TaxCycle Forms 2018, 2018-10-25.  
[https://www.taxcycle.com/News/TaxCycle-version-80339800](https://www.taxcycle.com/News/TaxCycle-version-80339800)

On or about the start of tax season the second number becomes 1.  
8.1

As of the release on 2019-06-27 the second number became 2.  
8.2

TaxCycle version 8.2.35573.0 - 2019-06-27

TaxCycle version 8.2.35608.0—2019-07-05

**Q1 - What does the numeral 2 signify?**

**Q2 - Which is the best URL on which to find all the release notes for a given year?**

THESE ARE MY NOTED LINKS

Search on tag = release+notes

> **[News](https://www.taxcycle.com/News?tags=release%2Bnotes)**
>
> Follow the TaxCycle news feed for the latest updates and tax news.

TaxCycle 2019 - Latest Current Download and Major Prior Versions - 2012 to 2017

> **[Download](https://www.taxcycle.com/Support/Download)**
>
> Download setup programs for TaxCycle and DoxCycle.

How to config auto updates

> **[Download Auto-Update Files](https://www.taxcycle.com/Support/Auto-update-files)**
>
> Configure TaxCycle to automatically update from a location on your office network or on the web (URL). Download the latest auto-update file below.