IRS revises IDES testing window start date and notifies users of intermittent services

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FATCA News & Information July 3, 2024
Useful Links: IRS.gov FATCA Home News Essentials Key FATCA Provisions News Releases IRS - The Basics IRS Guidance Media Contacts e-News Subscriptions IRS Resources Contact My Local Office Filing Options Forms & Instructions Frequently Asked Questions News Taxpayer Advocate Where to File	Issue Number:  2024-14 Inside This Issue IDES system experiencing intermittent services IDES open testing window revised start date 1.  IDES system experiencing intermittent services The FATCA International Data Exchange System (IDES) is experiencing intermittent issues with system notifications. Certain notifications are not being generated. IDES users should be able to successfully update their passwords, upload digital certificates and upload files. Some users will be contacted directly from lbi.fatca.ides@irs.gov to re-upload their digital certificates.   The IRS is working diligently to fully resolve IDES services. IDES users will be notified when the system has been fully restored.  Forms 8966 with a due date of June 30, 2024, will be considered timely if received by July 31, 2024.    Back to top 2.  IDES open testing window revised start date The FATCA International Data Exchange Service (IDES) testing window has been revised and will be open from Monday, July 8, 2024, at 8:00 AM EDT to Friday, July 26, 2024, at 5:00 PM EDT.  The July 1, 2024, testing window is currently not available.     The test session will only be open to users that completed IDES enrollment by Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 5:00 PM EDT. A completed IDES enrollment means the IDES account is active with a valid Digital Certificate attached. All eligible testers may receive an e-mail with specific instructions to connect to the test site on or prior to the testing window start date. The test environment will only support the FATCA XML Schema v2.0, Notification XML Schema v2.5 and test data document types such as FATCA11 and FATCA12. All testing sessions will be announced on the IDES Testing Schedule web page. For more information on testing, sample files, and FAQs, visit the IDES Resources web page. If you need immediate assistance, contact the IDES Help Desk. Note: Any production files submitted to the test environment will not be processed. Do not submit production files to the test environment or test files to the production environment.   Back to top Thank you for subscribing to FATCA News & Information, an IRS e-mail service. For more information on federal taxes please visit IRS.gov. This message was distributed automatically from the FATCA News & Information mailing list. Please Do Not Reply To This Message.

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