Users: 8,000 – 10,000 concurrent users to most closely simulate our peak hour during tax season
Return preparation: 24,000 returns prepared during the period
Identify Items: Identify any items that need adjusting prior to busiest day of the tax season. We cannot do this without your participation.
Selecting the My Account Login from the VITA/TCE Springboard will take you to a more modern version of My Account.
Note: For now, it is going to take 30 – 90 seconds to render the login page. We are aware and are working on a solution.
You will use the same username and login credentials that you used for My Account. If you have forgotten them, you follow the same forgot password process as usual.
Select to download 2018, 2017, 2016 and/or 2015
Click View to display your EFIN Validation Code (required for completing desktop installation)
Displays your email address, telephone number and allows you to update your password
Allows you to view the information we have on file. Changes made to this page have no impact on your Pro Online setup or how we have you setup in our system.
Changing your SIDN: Email support
Changing your EFIN: Contact your SPEC Relationship Manager
Any changes you make to this page should also be emailed to your SPEC Relationship Manager so they can update the IRS Ordering System
Users: 8,000 – 10,000 concurrent users to most closely simulate our peak hour during tax season
Return preparation: 24,000 returns prepared during the period
Identify Items: Identify any items that need adjusting prior to busiest day of the tax season. We cannot do this without your participation.
The new 1040 Post Card and new Schedules 1 through 6 will require a print set to be created that can be used to print returns that will be mailed via paper to the IRS.
The existing print sets that TaxSlayer delivers will contain the “stacked” version of the schedules that will contain a “do not mail” watermark.
We can print two of the schedules on the same page as long as they are watermarked in a way that indicates they are not to be mailed to the IRS.
We are not sure yet, but it have a clear indication that it should be used to print “paper” returns that will be mailed to the IRS. The IRS requires that each of the new Schedules be printed on an individual page for all mailed returns.
The IRS MeF system inadvertently stopped accepting 1040 e-files earlier today. If you received reject R0000-120 : The IRS Submission type that was filed is not being accepted by MeF at this time. You can resend those returns up until 10:00 pm EST
For Tax Year 2017, e-file closes on Nov. 17; After that, disaster victims, others need to file on paper
WASHINGTON —The Internal Revenue Service today reminded people, including those in disaster areas, who want to file a 2017 tax return electronically to do so by Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Filing of paper tax returns will remain available after that date.
IRS Modernized e-file, the system that processes electronically-filed individual returns, will shut down after Nov. 17, enabling the IRS to perform annual maintenance and to reprogram the system for the upcoming 2019 tax-filing season.
As a result, any taxpayer needing to file after Nov. 17 will need to do so on paper.
While the vast majority of individuals have already filed their tax year 2017 federal tax returns, victims of Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Florence and other recent disasters qualify for an additional extension. This includes taxpayers who live, work or have a business in a federally declared disaster area, have a U.S. tax filing obligation and had previously obtained a valid 6-month extension of time to file their federal tax return. Extended deadlines vary by locality and range from Dec. 17, 2018, to Feb. 28, 2019. Currently, parts of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and the Northern Mariana Islands qualify.
Note: TY 2016 and TY2015 returns will also have to be paper filed during the cut-over period
We would like to thank the volunteers that participated in Thursday’s stress test. We want to share the results:
Your testing resulted in generating errors that resulted in errors generating a PDF. This allowed our infrastructure engineers and developers to analyze the error messages, understand the cause of the error, and make modifications to the code.
Purpose: To simulate peak hours during tax season and analyze any errors or anomalies seen. This allows us to make any necessary changes during December.
For Tax Year 2017, e-file closes on Nov. 17; After that, disaster victims, others need to file on paper
WASHINGTON —The Internal Revenue Service today reminded people, including those in disaster areas, who want to file a 2017 tax return electronically to do so by Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Filing of paper tax returns will remain available after that date.
IRS Modernized e-file, the system that processes electronically-filed individual returns, will shut down after Nov. 17, enabling the IRS to perform annual maintenance and to reprogram the system for the upcoming 2019 tax-filing season.
As a result, any taxpayer needing to file after Nov. 17 will need to do so on paper.
While the vast majority of individuals have already filed their tax year 2017 federal tax returns, victims of Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Florence and other recent disasters qualify for an additional extension. This includes taxpayers who live, work or have a business in a federally declared disaster area, have a U.S. tax filing obligation and had previously obtained a valid 6-month extension of time to file their federal tax return. Extended deadlines vary by locality and range from Dec. 17, 2018, to Feb. 28, 2019. Currently, parts of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and the Northern Mariana Islands qualify.
Note: TY 2016 and TY2015 returns will also have to be paper filed during the cut-over period