QuickAlerts - April 2012
April 4, 2012: 1040 e-File (Legacy) -TY 2011 - Forms 1040 and 4868 - Last Production Drain On April 22, 2012
The last day to transmit timely filed Tax Year 2011 Form 1040 returns and Electronic Transmitted Documents (ETDs) is April 17, 2012.
The last production drain for corrected transmissions of Tax Year 2011 Form 1040 (Legacy e-File) returns will be on April 22, 2012, at 11 a.m. (Local Submission Processing Center time).
The last production drain for corrected transmissions of ETDs (Legacy e-File) will be on April 22, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. (Local Submission Processing Center time).
Note: For Forms 1040 (Legacy e-File), starting April 23, 2012 through October 19, 2012 there will be one drain daily (11 a.m. Local Submission Processing Center time).
For ETDs (Legacy e-File), starting April 25, 2012 through October 19, 2012, there will be one drain on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
For more information, refer to the drain schedule and Local Submission Processing Center times.
Refer to the Tax Year 2011 e-file Calendar.
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April 13, 2012: Business – MeF Form 720 Major Version updates for Assurance Testing Systems (ATS) and Production for First Quarter TY2012
Due to recent legislative changes, the Form 720 will require a major version update to the XML schemas and business rules for the 1st Quarter Tax Year 2012.
All returns must be composed using the new version number to be valid otherwise the return will reject for using an unsupported schema version. The XML schemas and business rules will be available for Testing starting 4/22/2012 and Production starting 4/29/2012.
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for using IRS e-file.
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April 27, 2012: Change to Form 8938 Naming Convention
The Form 8938 naming convention provided by the IRS contains a minor revision.
We are removing the space between the form and number. Please ensure that tax preparers and online filers adhere to the following guidance for the remainder of the 2012 filing season:
Form 8938: Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets
When including Form 8938 as a binary attachment (PDF) on an electronically filed return, the following naming convention must be used:
- The file name must be Form8938.pdf
- The first 8 characters of the Description must be Form8938 for the Binary Attachment XML Document
- Do not include a space between Form and 8938. It must read Form8938
- Do not capitalize FORM. It must be exact - Form8938 (case sensitive)
The PDF naming guidance has been updated on the Modernized e-File (MeF)User Guides & Publications page.
Please contact the mefmailbox@irs.gov for any questions or concerns you may have regarding this.
