SIDES Announcement: Earnings Verification Re-Write and Benefit Charges Enhancement

To improve overall functionality and performance, the State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) has announced plans for its Earnings Verification (EV) rewrite project. This will better align the EV exchange with the recent updates implemented in the Separation Information (SI) exchange.

The Benefit Charges (BC) enhancement will introduce additional functionality for states related to the transmission of protests, appeals, and questions associated with BC notices.

This release will require a “hard” cutover. Effective July 16, 2026, all participants must transition to the new version, as the current version will no longer be supported after that date. The cutover plan and schedule were shared during the SIDES Operations Committee meeting on June 9.