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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.
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April 2025 PDF
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) business rule R0000-240
- Form 1040 series tax year 2024, business rule updates are available
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns schema and business rules are available
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) Form 709/709-NA gift returns schema and business rules are available
March 2025 PDF
- IRS Free File: Do your taxes for free
February 2025 PDF
- Form 1040 series and extensions tax year 2024, business rules and schema are available. Form 1040 series business rules and schema are available.
- Update: Form 1040 series and extensions tax year 2024, business rules and schema are available.
- Form 1040 series and extensions tax year 2024, business rules and schema are available.
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns, schema and business rules are available
- Secure Object Repository (SOR) maintenance
- Reminder to review and update your IRS e-file application
- MeF schema and ATS schedule update
- Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) working group meeting
January 2025 PDF
- Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) working group meeting
- Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) production
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Returns (AIR) starting date change
- Reminder-2025 filing season for Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns
- 2025 filing season for Modernized e-File (MeF) individual returns
- Form 1040 series tax year 2024, business rule updates are available.
- Secure Object Repository (SOR) maintenance
- Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) working group meeting
- Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) working group meeting
December 2024 PDF
- Information returns intake system (IRIS) working
- Business Modernized e-File (MeF) production shutdown
- Corrected- Business Modernized e-File (MeF) production
- IRS Publication 4163 “Modernized e-File (MeF) information for authorized IRS e-file providers for business returns” available
- Form 1040 series tax year 2024, business rule updates are available
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns business rules are available
- 2025 filing season for Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns
November 2024 PDF
- 1040 Modernized e-File (MeF) production shutdown
- Secure object repository (SOR) maintenance
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) information returns (AIR) shutdown/cutover filing season 2025/tax year 2024
- Form 1040 series business rules and schema are available
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns schema and business rules are available
- Information returns Intake System (IRIS) schema and business rules are available
- Update - Information returns intake system (IRIS) shutdown/cutover and maintenance schedule
- Reminder - 1040 Modernized e-File (MeF) production shutdown
October 2024 PDF
- Scheduled maintenance for the Affordable Care Act information returns (AIR) system
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns schema and business rules are available
- Form 1040 series tax year 2024, business rules and schema are available
- Information returns intake system (IRIS) schema and business rules are available
- Information returns intake system (IRIS) working group meeting
- IRS Publication 5719 "Information returns intake system (IRIS) test package for information returns" available
- Update - Information returns intake system (IRIS) working group meeting
- Update - Information returns intake system (IRIS) working group meeting
- Extended maintenance scheduled for the information returns intake system (IRIS) assurance testing system (ATS) environment
- Filing information returns electronically (FIRE) system automatic 30-day fill-in extension of time requests require a transmitter control code (TCC)
- Filing information returns electronically (FIRE) system automatic 30-day fill-in extension of time requests require a transmitter control code (TCC)
- Verify your electronic filing identification number (EFIN) activity and other e-file application information
- Secure object repository (SOR) maintenance
- Secure object repository (SOR) maintenance
- Affordable Care Act information return (AIR) ACA assurance testing system (AATS) opening date
- Secure object repository (SOR) maintenance
- Information returns intake system (IRIS) assurance testing system (ATS) available
- IRS Publication 5718 "Information returns intake system (IRIS) electronic filing application to application (A2A) specifications" available
September 2024 PDF
- Scheduled maintenance for the Affordable Care Act information returns (AIR) system
- ACA information returns (AIR) schema and business rules tax year 2024 v1.0 and ACA assurance test system (AATS) scenarios
- Modernized e-File (MeF) maintenance window
- Modernized e-File (MeF) system update
- Information returns intake system (IRIS) assurance testing system (ATS) environment
- Tax year 2024 assurance testing system questionnaire
- Tax year 2024 assurance testing system questionnaire
- Annual self-certification 2024 and URL registration
- Annual system update for the Modernized e-File (MeF) assurance testing system (ATS)
August 2024 PDF
- Scheduled maintenance for the Affordable Care Act information returns (AIR) system
- Modernized e-File (MeF) maintenance window
- Distribution of Modernized e-File (MeF) new web service definition language (WSDLs)
- Scheduled maintenance for the Affordable Care Act information returns (AIR) system
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) information returns (AIR) production and ACA assurance testing system (AATS) web services description language (WSDL) packages for filing season 2025/tax year 2024 are available
- Form 1040 series tax year 2024, business rules and schema are available
- Subject: New Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns schema and business rules are available
July 2024 PDF
- Software developers, return transmitters and authorized IRS e-file providers/EROs.
- Urgent update to Modernized e-file (MeF) Form 94x business returns schema and business rules
- Form 1040 series tax year 2024, business rules and schema are available
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns schema and business rules are available
June 2024 PDF
- Form 1040 series and extensions tax year 2024, business rules and schema are available
- New Modernized e-File (MeF) business returns schema and business rules are available.
- Technical difficulties with new business transcript delivery system (TDS) transcripts
- Technical difficulties with new business transcript delivery system (TDS) transcripts
- Urgent update to Modernized e-file (MeF) Form 941 business returns schema and business rules
- Scheduled maintenance for the Affordable Care Act information returns (AIR) system
May 2024 PDF
- Modernized e-File (MeF) extended maintenance window
- Amended 94X returns