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QuickAlerts Messages December 2021 PDF Update - ACA Information Returns (AIR) Production Environment Shutdown/Cutover Scheduled Maintenance for Affordable Care Act Information Return (AIR) Assurance Testing System (AATS) Business Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Shutdown Publication 3112, IRS e-file Application and Participation Revised New Form 1040 and 1040-NR Business Rules Change Pages are Available E-file Application Processing Time Scheduled Maintenance for Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) ACA Assurance Testing System (AATS) Environment. Reminder - Business Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Shutdown New Form 1040 and 1040-NR Business Rules Change Pages are Available Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) File Status Change Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) User New 1065 Schedules K-2 and K-3 Schema Available November 2021 PDF Delay in Processing Newly Applied for Employer Identification Number (EIN) 1040 Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Shutdown New Form 1040 Business Rules and Schemas are Available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available ACA Information Returns (AIR) Production Environment Shutdown/Cutover Publication 1345, Handbook for Authorized IRS e-file Providers of Individual Income Tax Returns is Available on IRS.gov. Reminder - 1040 Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Shutdown Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window for Assurance Testing System (ATS) Modernized e-File (MeF) Unscheduled Maintenance Window Modernized e-File (MeF) Maintenance Window Update Modernized e-File (MeF) Assurance Testing System (ATS) Update Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) Publications for Processing Year 2022 are Available October 2021 PDF ACA Assurance Testing System (AATS) Shutdown/Cutover Schedule for Filing Season 2022/Tax Year 2021 New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schemas are Available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available Annual Self-Certification and E-file Application URL Registration Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window September 2021 PDF Posting Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Returns (AIR) Schema and Business Rules Tax Year 2021 v1.0 Availability of New MeF Business Returns Schemas and Business Rules Update - Availability of New MeF Business Returns Schemas and Business Rules Scheduled Maintenance for Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) System Scheduled Maintenance for the Modernized e-File (MeF) Test System Availability of New MeF Business Returns Schemas and Business Rules Scheduled Maintenance for the Modernized e-File (MeF) Production System Publication 4163 has been Revised and is Available on IRS.gov Programming issue impacts business taxpayers reporting COVID-19 employment tax relief Updated Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) Tax Year 2020 v1.1 Business Rules are Available Corrected Link - Updated Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) Tax Year 2020 v1.1 Business Rules are Available Affordable Care Act Assurance Testing System (AATS) System Unavailable Scheduled Maintenance for the Modernized e-File (MeF) System Annual System Update for the Modernized e-File (MeF) Assurance Testing System (ATS) Scheduled Maintenance for the Modernized e-File (MeF) System Scheduled Maintenance for Affordable Care Act Information Return (AIR) Assurance Testing System (AATS) and Production Scheduled Maintenance for the Modernized e-File (MeF) Production System AATS WSDL Packages for Filing Season 2022/Tax Year 2021 are Available Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window August 2021 PDF Scheduled Maintenance for Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) System Last Day to Submit Form 4419, Application for Transmitter Control Code for Filing Information Returns Electronically Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) Login and Trading Partner Test System New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schemas are Available July 2021 PDF Modernized e-File (MeF) Unscheduled Maintenance Window Technical Modernized e-File (MeF) Unscheduled Maintenance Window is Complete. Modernized e-File (MeF) Unscheduled Maintenance Window Technical Modernized e-File (MeF) Unscheduled Maintenance Window is Complete. MeF Form 94x Second Quarter Filing Tax Year 2021 New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schemas are Available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available Information for FIRE Users Updated Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available June 2021 PDF New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available Scheduled Maintenance for Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) System Heavy Highway Use Tax (Form 2290) for TY 2021 Assurance Testing System (ATS) is Not Available Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules are Available New Form 1040 Series Business Rules and Schemas are Available Heavy Highway Use Tax (Form 2290) for TY 2021 Assurance Testing System (ATS) is Available Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Distribution of Modernized e-File (MeF) New Web Service Definition Language (WSDLs) New Form 1040 Series Business Rule Updates are Available Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Update - Modernized e-File (MeF) Operational Status May 2021 PDF Modernized e-File (MeF) Production System Maintenance Modernized e-File (MeF) Production System Maintenance Complete April 2021 PDF Modernized e-File (MeF) Rule updates due to IR-2021-59 Delay in Processing Form(s) 1040, 1040-X, and 1040-ES Payments Submitted via Modernized e-File New MeF Business Returns Schemas and Business Rules are Available March 2021 PDF Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window AIR AATS System Unavailable Update - Unscheduled Maintenance for the ACA Information Return (AIR) AATS System is Complete Misdirected Calls to the IRS e-file Help Desk February 2021 PDF Update for Tax Year 2020 Form 1040-NR New Modernized e-File (MeF) Form 1040 Series Schemas and Business Rules are Available New Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schemas and Business Rules are Available Reminder to review and update your IRS e-file Application Unauthorized Use of an EFIN Modernized e-File (MeF) is Unavailable Due to an Extended Maintenance Window Modernized e-File (MeF) is Unavailable Due to an Extended Maintenance Window Modernized e-File (MeF) Status Update Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) System Extended Maintenance Window New Modernized e-File (MeF) Form 94x Quarterly Schemas and Business Rules are Available January 2021 PDF 2021 Filing Season for Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns New Form 1040, Form 1040-SS/PR and Form 1040-NR Business Rules are Available Critical Update for Modernized e-File (MeF) System Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns Schema and Business Rules Updates are Available Business Rule Changes for Processing Year 2021 Scheduled Maintenance for Affordable Care Act Information Returns (AIR) ACA Assurance Testing System (AATS) Environment Publication 3112 updated
