Don't wait until QuickAlerts messages are posted here! QuickAlerts is a FREE, online service that sends important messages, within seconds, to all subscribers. Become a tax professional who receives the most current information on events affecting the filing season throughout the year. Read more about the QuickAlerts Messaging System and subscribe today! Below is the library of previous messages. This page contains the last 12 months of prior QuickAlerts messages and is updated after the 1st of each month. QuickAlerts Messages April 2023PDF Form 1040 Series Business Rules are available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available. Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window March 2023PDF New Form 1040 Series Business Rules are Available Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window February 2023PDF New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schema are Available Software Developers, Return Transmitters and Authorized IRS e-file Providers/EROs Unauthorized Use of an EFIN Software Developers, Return Transmitters and Authorized IRS e-file Providers/EROs January 2023PDF Tax Year 2022 Publication 4163 is Available on IRS.gov Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) Production Schedule 2023 Filing Season for Modernized e-File (MeF) Individual Returns Publication 1220 (Rev. 10-2022) Tax Year 2022 will be Republished December 2022PDF Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available. Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Returns (AIR) Shutdown/Cutover and Maintenance Schedule Reminder of Business Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Shutdown New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available 2023 Filing Season for Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns November 2022PDF Modernized e-File (MeF) Maintenance Window Tax Year 2022 Publication 3112 is Available on IRS.gov Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Returns (AIR) Shutdown/Cutover and Maintenance Schedule New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schema are Available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available Reminder - 1040 Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Shutdown New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schema are Available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available Update - Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Returns (AIR) Shutdown/Cutover and Maintenance Schedule Business Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Shutdown October 2022PDF Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) Publications for Processing Year 2023 are Available Reminder of Annual System Update for the Modernized e-File (MeF) Assurance Testing System (ATS) Publication 1220 (Rev. 9-2022) Tax Year 2022 will be Republished ACA Assurance Testing System (AATS) Schedule for Filing Season 2023/Tax Year 2022 New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schema are Available Complete Assurance Testing System (ATS) questionnaires now 1040 Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Shutdown Modernized e-File (MeF) Maintenance Window New Form 9465 Schema and Business Rules are Available Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window September 2022PDF New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schema are Available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available Scheduled Maintenance for the ACA Information Returns (AIR) Production and Assurance Testing (AATS) Environments New Assurance Testing System Questionnaire Process Coming for Tax Year 2022 Annual System Update for the Modernized e-File (MeF) Assurance Testing System (ATS) Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Returns (AIR) Production and ACA Assurance Testing System (AATS) WSDL Packages for Filing Season 2023/Tax Year 2022 are Available New e-file Application Fingerprinting Process Implemented Completing Assurance Testing System Questionnaires Wage and Income Transcripts Form 1120-S Migration of E-Services Sign-In for Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) Applications Annual Self-Certification and E-file Application URL Registration August 2022PDF Update – Combined Federal State Filing Program (CF/SF) and Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) Effective September 25, 2022 Migration of e-Services Sign-In for Modernized e-File (MeF) Applications Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Reminder of Paper Fingerprint Card Cut-off Date for the e-file Application Posting ACA Information Returns (AIR) Schema and Business Rules Tax Year 2022v1.0 and ACA Assurance Test System (AATS) Scenarios Distribution of Modernized e-File (MeF) New Web Service Definition Language (WSDLs) Scheduled Maintenance for the ACA Information Returns (AIR) Production Environment July 2022PDF Migration of e-Services Sign-In for Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) Applications Migration of e-Services Sign-In for Modernized e-File (MeF) Applications Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules Version in Assurance Testing System (ATS) Extended Routine Sunday Maintenance for Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) System New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schema are Available Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Unscheduled Maintenance for the ACA Information Returns (AIR) Production Environment, User Interface (UI) Channel Only Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Update - Unscheduled Maintenance for the ACA Information Returns (AIR) Production Environment, User Interface (UI) Channel is Complete Unscheduled Maintenance for the ACA Information Returns (AIR) Production Environment Update - Unscheduled Maintenance for the ACA Information Returns (AIR) Production Environment is Complete June 2022PDF Heavy Highway Use Tax (Form 2290) for Tax Year 2022 Assurance Testing System (ATS) is Not Available Heavy Highway Use Tax (Form 2290) for Tax Year 2022 Assurance Testing System (ATS) is Available New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schema are Available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available Update – Filing Information Returns Electronically Reminder – Use Tax Year 2021 Specifications Update - Form 4419, Revise Existing Transmitter Control Code (TCC) for Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE), Phased Out Effective August 1, 2022 Update - Phase 2 of the Information Returns (IR) Application for Transmitter Control Code (TCC) Transition Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window ACA Information Returns (AIR) Notification of update to Transport Layer Security (TLS) version Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window New e-file Application Fingerprinting Process Implemented Update - Changes to the e-file Application Fingerprinting Process May 2022PDF Migration of e-Services Sign In New Form 1040 Business Rules and Schema are Available Modernized e-File (MeF) System Maintenance Modernized e-File (MeF) System Maintenance Update Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Scheduled Maintenance for the Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) Assurance Testing System (AATS) and Production Environments
