Affordable Care Act Assurance Testing System (AATS) Information Returns for Filing Season 2018/Tax Year 2017

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QuickAlerts for Electronic ACA Information Returns October 5, 2017

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Subject:  Affordable Care Act Assurance Testing System (AATS) Information Returns for Filing Season 2018/Tax Year 2017 Tax Year 2017 ACA AATS will open for testing on October 30, 2017 for Information Returns that will be processed in 2018.   Effective October 29, 2017, AATS for Filing Season 2017/Tax Year 2016 will no longer be available.  The only method available to conduct an ACA Communications Test with the IRS will be through AATS for Filing Season 2018//Tax Year 2017.   UI Channel users: UI Channel users are required to log in to the IRS Registered User Portal (RUP) and invoke the appropriate link for AIR. WSDLs are not required for UI Channel users.   A2A Channel users: The AATS WSDL for Filing Season 2018/Tax Year 2017 is now available. If you plan to test on or after October 30, 2017, the Responsible Official, or an official identified as a Contact on the ACA Application for TCC, must send an email to AIR Mailbox with "AATS WSDL for Tax Year 2017" in the subject line. The email request must include your company name and ACA TCC.  The AATS WSDL will be emailed to you upon confirmation of the contact information in the ACA Application for TCC.   Filing Season 2018/Tax Year 2017 AATS: Tax Year 2016 will be considered a prior year return in AATS on October 30, 2017. All transmissions to AATS, beginning October 30, 2017, must use the 2017 Manifest, including prior year returns 2015 and 2016.  Filing Season 2017/Tax Year 2016 Production is still available. Tax Year 2016 is still considered a current year return in the Production environment. Tax Year 2015 returns are still accepted as Prior Year returns in the Production environment.  Back to Top Thank you for subscribing to QuickAlerts for Electronic ACA Information Returns, an IRS e-mail service. If you know someone who might want to subscribe to this mailing list, please forward this message to them so they can subscribe. This message was distributed automatically. Please Do Not Reply To This Message.

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