To prepare the system for the upcoming filing season, the IRS Business Modernized e-File system will partially and temporarily shut down just before the end of the year.
Shutdown for "Send Submissions" only is scheduled to begin at 11:59 a.m. (noon) EST on Thursday, Dec. 26. Transmitters can use other service requests except "Send Submissions" until 11:59 p.m. (midnight) EST that same day.
States can continue to use all the service requests necessary to retrieve and process state submissions in accordance with shutdown activities, the IRS said. It recommends that states adjust their processing schedule to retrieve submissions in time to validate returns and submit acknowledgements.
Acknowledgements not retrieved by 11:59 p.m. EST on Dec. 26 cannot be accessed until the MeF system opens for production in January.
MeF Assurance Testing System will be operational during this cutover.
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