IRS Start date

[JRS]

From Drake Software:

IRS will officially announce in a press release today that filing season has been delayed. Here are the particulars:

• E-file for individual (1040) returns will begin on January 30^th, delayed from January 22^nd.
  
• There will be a “controlled launch” the week before that when we can send some live returns … that was delayed from January 14^th. We do not know when or how many returns can go.
  
• Some forms will not be accepted when e-file starts on the 30^th … it is anticipated that returns with those forms can be filed beginning in late February or early March. IRS expects to release that list of forms today.
  
• IRS has not set a date for when they will accept business returns, which was originally scheduled for January 7^th. It is expected that business returns will start around the same time as individual returns.
  
• This impacts paper return processing as well. IRS will NOT process any paper returns prior to e-file start date.
  
• In fact, forms and instructions with the new legislative changes will not be released until January 22^nd. So, most returns prepared prior to that date would not be valid anyway.