E-file Shutting Down November 18th

Shutdown begins on Saturday, November 18th, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, in order to prepare the system for the upcoming Tax Year 2020 Filing Season. Any returns not in accepted status will either need to be mailed or e-filed after e-filing turns on for the upcoming tax season in January. 

***Revision to the e-file cutover dates this week.  

11/18 > deadline for submitting new returns
11/21 > deadline for receiving incoming ACKs back from IRS and state DORs.

Posted: November 3, 2020

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