QuickAlerts - Technical - Extended Scheduled Maintenance for Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Environment

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.                                                                                                                                                  QuickAlerts for Tax Professionals November 7, 2019  e-file Resources QuickAlerts Library QuickAlerts Article QuickAlerts Brochure e-file for Tax Pros Software Developers IRS.gov Refund Information Other Useful Links Tax Professionals Home All Forms and Instructions Stakeholders Partners' Headliners Training and Communication Tools e-Services Disaster Relief Internal Revenue Bulletins Subject: Extended Scheduled Maintenance for Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Environment MeF Production Environment will be unavailable for use Sunday, November 17, 2019, beginning at 12:00 midnight Eastern through 11:00 a.m. Eastern. Maintenance will be performed to ensure the system is functioning at peak performance. The Assurance Testing System (ATS) environment will be available after regular scheduled maintenance on November 17, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. Eastern.   Reminder - 1040 MeF Production Shutdown The shutdown of IMF will be Saturday, November 16, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. in order to prepare the system for the upcoming Tax Year 2019 Filing Season. Important Note: Final submissions should be sent two hours before the scheduled shutdown allowing for acknowledgement retrievals.  Any acknowledgements not retrieved before the shutdown will be made available in January. States: The scheduled shutdown does not affect states, they may continue to retrieve all submissions and submit acknowledgements. Back to Top Thank you for subscribing to QuickAlerts for Tax Professionals, an IRS e-mail service. If you have an idea or a question related to QuickAlerts you can contact us by e-mail. Submissions which are not related to QuickAlerts will not be processed. If you have tax related questions you should pursue normal customer service channels provided on IRS.gov. 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.   Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This email was sent to business.solutions.ve@gmail.com by: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) · Internal Revenue Service · 1111 Constitution Ave. N.W. · Washington DC 20535