jklcpa Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 MeF is down, nonoperational at this time. They're working on it. Here's the IRS page to check its status. This outage has also taken down : Where's My Refund, Direct Pay, and Get Transcripts. 1 Quote
Lee B Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 Since many of the IRS computers are still running on Windows XP, supported by a large contract with Microsoft, this probably was inevitable. Quote
Sarypion Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 I still have so many returns to e-file... Does unlinking state returns result in "Reject"? Quote
GLJEANNE Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 Not sure it will matter if you unlink them, as far as getting the federal returns through. The whole IRS system is down. Can't remember this ever happening on tax days past, though I imagine it has. Hopefully it won't be long. Quote
Sarypion Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 I hope e-files with direct debit tax payments are considered on time... This is so stressful... Quote
GLJEANNE Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 The IRS website says it won't penalize anyone. I'm wondering about state returns - if we send them before the IRS is Accepted, will that cause problems, or does it even matter? Quote
Sarypion Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 ATX's annoucement said " We recommend sending state returns (if the state allows it) unlinked from the federal return to ensure they are also timely filed. " So I thought it would help to submit State returns now. But I forgot to unlink them, just released them... Now they are all stuck at "Transmitted" for God knows how long... 1 2 Quote
Roberts Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 The IRS says they are going to do a hard reboot, shut down the entire system and start it up again. That's some amazing tech support they've got over there. (my state collects the return from the IRS so unlinking won't help) 2 2 Quote
GLJEANNE Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 Sarypion, I think as long as it's transmitted...somewhere... you're okay. The files will show that you submitted them on time, we just won't get acks for awhile. My nightmare is, what if this isn't just the IRS being overwhelmed by the late filers, what if it's a cyber attack - how long would that take them to recover, and are the returns we submitted going to be hijacked?? I want to believe that's not possible, but who knows anymore. Quote
Sarypion Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 19 minutes ago, GLJEANNE said: My nightmare is, what if this isn't just the IRS being overwhelmed by the late filers, what if it's a cyber attack - how long would that take them to recover, and are the returns we submitted going to be hijacked?? I want to believe that's not possible, but who knows anymore. That would be a huge headache... Quote
Alex Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 Just what we need on the last day! Adventure! Drama! The Perilous Plight of Sleep-deprived Preparers (now live in offices near you!) *That's the caffeine speaking. 3 3 Quote
Richcpaman Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 None of us are filing with the IRS. Maybe you Drake users are, but us ATX'ers are filing with CCH when we hit send, and they in turn, warehouse and then forward to the IRS and States. Rich 2 Quote
Catherine Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 The latest from Drake is that the IRS is allowing LIMITED e-files currently. So my guess is that the various software companies have been given quotas and data rates to stay within as they test the system, and that those will be increased slowly until lifted (assuming no further problems). 2 Quote
joanmcq Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 I heard it was mostly TurboTax filers & Block. If intuit probably their pro software too. I just heard about the extended due date...ugh. Well have more time to do my own extension 2 Quote
Lion EA Posted April 17, 2018 Report Posted April 17, 2018 Earlier this afternoon, NAEA alerted members to technical difficulties with IRS' electronic filing and online payment systems. NAEA confirmed with IRS earlier this evening that these systems are fixed and are operational again. According to the Service: Individuals and businesses with a filing or payment due date of April 17 will now have until midnight on Wednesday, April 18. Taxpayers do not need to do anything to receive this extra time. More details are available in IRS' news release, IR-2018-100. Should new information become available, NAEA will update the full membership. 2 Quote
Alex Posted April 18, 2018 Report Posted April 18, 2018 Not sure whether to cry in relief or frustration. >_< 3 Quote
Catherine Posted April 18, 2018 Report Posted April 18, 2018 56 minutes ago, Alex said: Not sure whether to cry in relief or frustration. >_< Why limit yourself? Do both! 4 Quote
JohnH Posted April 18, 2018 Report Posted April 18, 2018 Yesterday was every died-in-the-wool procrastinator's dream. It doesn't get much better than this. First the 15th falls on a weekend. Then the filing date gets pushed to Tuesday because of a holiday in only one city. THEN, literally at the last minute IRS extends another day. I wonder how many people heard the news, put their taxes aside last night, and will be rushing to meet the deadline today? It's just a way of life for some people. I was already waiting for my biggest procrastinator to call me and complain because I erroneously told him to pay his payroll tax deposit through EFTPS by 8pm last Friday Apr 13th (I discovered on Friday that he actually had until 8pm Apr 16th but I didn't change my instructions to him). I'm sure he will hear about all this and start griping because I had him violate his principle of "not giving the money to those thieves until the last minute" . It doesn't affect him, but all this extra publicity about extended due dates may make him take notice... 5 Quote
Roberts Posted April 18, 2018 Report Posted April 18, 2018 I did two efiles yeterday - both were accepted in normal time but I didn't receive notice of it until this morning. 1 Quote
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