IRS is BACK UP!

[Brittany]

Just read on the website they are back up and running! And are now accepting new e-files! Let’s hope they got caught up with all of ours!

[Butta]

I found this on the IRS website

Updated IRS Statement
Feb. 4, 2016 – 6 p.m. EST
The IRS announced it resumed processing individual and business tax returns at approximately 5 p.m. Thursday following resolution of its system outage. Many of the tools and applications came up earlier on Thursday morning, including “Where’s My Refund” on IRS.gov.
“IRS teams worked throughout the night and around the clock on this system outage,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “Our processing systems are back in business. Taxpayers should see little, if any, impact on their tax returns or refunds. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused, and we appreciate the support and patience from taxpayers as well as our partners in the tax community and state revenue departments.”
The IRS emphasized that taxpayers do not need to take any additional steps or action due to the outage, including people who filed just before or during the outage. Throughout this period, taxpayers were able to continue to send their tax returns to their e-file provider; these companies have already started sending these tax returns into the IRS.
Taxpayers who have received a specific refund date from the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on IRS.gov should not be affected by the outage. The IRS reminds taxpayers that many variables factor into processing of tax refunds, including fraud prevention efforts, but we continue to anticipate that nine out of 10 taxpayers will receive their refunds within 21 days after being accepted by the IRS. In addition, the IRS reminds taxpayers that IRS.gov remains the best place to check for information on refunds. Additional information is available at: https://www.irs.gov/Refunds/What-to-Expect-for-Refunds-This-Year
The IRS is continuing to examine the underlying cause of the outage yesterday as well as monitoring any follow-up issues. It’s important to note that at this time this situation appears to be a hardware failure.

[Butta]

I found this info on the IRS website

Udated IRS Statement
Feb. 4, 2016 – 6 p.m. EST
The IRS announced it resumed processing individual and business tax returns at approximately 5 p.m. Thursday following resolution of its system outage. Many of the tools and applications came up earlier on Thursday morning, including “Where’s My Refund” on IRS.gov.
“IRS teams worked throughout the night and around the clock on this system outage,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “Our processing systems are back in business. Taxpayers should see little, if any, impact on their tax returns or refunds. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused, and we appreciate the support and patience from taxpayers as well as our partners in the tax community and state revenue departments.”
The IRS emphasized that taxpayers do not need to take any additional steps or action due to the outage, including people who filed just before or during the outage. Throughout this period, taxpayers were able to continue to send their tax returns to their e-file provider; these companies have already started sending these tax returns into the IRS.
Taxpayers who have received a specific refund date from the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on IRS.gov should not be affected by the outage. The IRS reminds taxpayers that many variables factor into processing of tax refunds, including fraud prevention efforts, but we continue to anticipate that nine out of 10 taxpayers will receive their refunds within 21 days after being accepted by the IRS. In addition, the IRS reminds taxpayers that IRS.gov remains the best place to check for information on refunds. Additional information is available at: https://www.irs.gov/Refunds/What-to-Expect-for-Refunds-This-Year
The IRS is continuing to examine the underlying cause of the outage yesterday as well as monitoring any follow-up issues. It’s important to note that at this time this situation appears to be a hardware failure.

[Itsuhme-notmario]

This is the “system” everyone is talking about. Earlier this page said non operational for both systems.

https://www.irs.gov/Tax-Professionals/e-File-Providers-&-Partners/Modernized-e-File-MeF-Status-Page

[SAW]

I just checked WMR and it said in red letters that the WMR feature is currently unavailable. Never seen that before.

[Brittany]

If you gontonthw IRS website and on the left hand side under news it has article about being back up and running and has been processing returns since 5pm. Good luck everyone! Praying for us all!

[flagirl]

Yep they’re back up because my sons federal were just accepted

[Gimme My Mula]

GOOD! Now give me my MONEY!

[October]

Yeah, not convinced everything is back up. I called to try to order my transcripts and the automated system is just repeating itself over and over again. Press 1 for English, blah blah blah. I pressed 1, it repeated “Press 1 for English.” When it finally accepted my choice, it repeated four times asking for SSN. It wouldn’t stop repeating for SSN, even after I entered it, and then told me that I need the SSN to order transcripts and call back later when I have the information available.

I need transcripts before March 1st for school, so getting a little worried. I get pulled for verification every single year despite the fact that verification is supposedly “random.” So close to finishing my bachelor’s degree. I hope this doesn’t ruin my financial aid.

[JohnMango]

They’re not.

[Anonymous]

Oh wow I thought they were up this morning since people were saying they woke up to DDD. But that is awesome news. Fingers cross and prayers to all of us who got left behind.

[Author]

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