Tax Prep by Deb Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 This e-mail just came in from ATX and I thought you all might want to know: CCH SFS: IRS MeF System offline at 6pm today (Jan 17) 1/17/2012 MeF System temporary shutdown The following information was posted to the IRS' Modernized e-File (MeF) Status Page Production System: Operational until 6:00 pm, EST on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 The Modernized e-File (MeF) System will he taken offline for maintenance beginning at 6:00 pm Eastern on January 17, 2012 until further notice. This will impact the Individual (IMF) and Business (BMF) submissions and acknowledgments. After 6:00 pm, please refrain from accessing the system to transmit tax returns, retrieve acknowledgments or submit any other service requests. This also includes State activity. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What does this mean for you?You can continue sending your e-files to the CCH SFS Electronic Filing Center. We will hold the e-files until the IRS brings the system back online. I haven't received acks for all of the e-files that I have submitted today: The MeF system is behind in making acks available for software vendors to retrieve. We have been receiving acks throughout the day, but we have approximately 60,000 outstanding acks. Can I switch to legacy? No. Software vendors who file more than 1 million electronic packets have been asked to support the Modernized e-file platform. We fully anticipate that the MeF system will be operational within the next few hours. We will update the blogs as we gather more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 This is the reason I recommend Feb 1 to start preparing returns!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 The first day and broke already. I don't have a single prep appt before Feb 1. Lots of phone calls and questions, but nobody ready to file. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxtrio Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Now the IRS says will be down all night.... let's hope they get the "bugs" out of their system so we can get on with tax season. I never want to be in the first batch... but I have close to a dozen already waiting.... Taxtrio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanmcq Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I'm never in the first batch. I have two appointments for Friday, and one is SE, so they may have all their stuff together. But until the state of CA issues their W-2s, I'm pretty quiet. Living in the capitol, I have a LOT of stateworker clients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tax Prep by Deb Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 E-mail received said they are now back up and running! Deb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Still sticking with my Feb. 1, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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