IRS hardware failure

[Janitor Bob]

Feb. 3, 2016 
The IRS experienced a hardware failure this afternoon affecting a number of tax processing systems, which are currently unavailable. Several of our systems are not currently operating, including our modernized e-file system and a number of other related systems. The IRS is currently in the process of making repairs and working to restore normal operations as soon as possible. We anticipate some of the systems will remain unavailable until tomorrow.
The IRS remains in close contact with e-file software transmitters and the tax community during this period.
A number of taxpayer and tax practitioner tools are unavailable. IRS.govremains available, although a number of the services on the site are not, including Where’s My Refund.
Taxpayers can continue to prepare and file their tax returns as they normally would. Taxpayers can continue to send their tax returns to their e-file provider; these companies will hold the tax returns until the IRS resumes accepting electronic tax returns. Taxpayers who have already filed their tax returns do not need to take any additional action.
The IRS is still assessing the scope of the outage. At this time, the IRS does not anticipate major refund disruptions.

[Abby Normal]

Saw that yesterday. Seems like they're still down. Not getting any Acks.

[Catherine]

IRS E-Services hardware issue has been resolved. The IRS E-Services system came back online at approximately 1:00pm EST. There may be intermittent  issues over the next few days. We have been testing the system and it is currently stable. The IRS reported a major main frame computer outage that also affected E-Filing and many other IRS Electronic Services. As always we will keep you posted.