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QuickAlerts Library

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Below is the library of previous messages. This page contains the last 12 months of prior QuickAlerts messages and is updated after the 1st and 15th of each month.

QuickAlerts Library 2011 - 2012

May 2012

  • Recommended Names and Descriptions for PDF files by Form
  • 1040 e-File (Legacy) – TY 2011 Publication 1346 Record Layout and Error Reject Code Changes - #6
  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime
  • Letters sent to some Authorized IRS e-file Providers about their e-file activity
  • EMS Memorial Day Power Outage in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Electronic Management System (EMS) Memphis e-file B and C is unavailable
  • Electronic Management System (EMS) in Memphis is now available 

April 2012

  • 1040 e-File (Legacy) - TY 2011 - Forms 1040 and 4868 - Last Production Drain On April 22, 2012
  • Business – MeF Form 720 Major Version updates for Assurance Testing Systems (ATS) and Production for First Quarter TY2012
  • Change to Form 8938 Naming Convention

March 2012

  • 1040 e-file (Legacy) - TY2011 – Publication 1346 Record Layout and Error Reject Code – Nature of Changes #5
  • Fraudulent IRS e-file Acceptance Letters
  • Form 1120/1120S/1120-F Known Issues and Stylesheets for Tax Year 2011

February 2012

  • Form 1065/1065-B/1120/1120S/1120-F Business Rules and Schema Version 2011v2.2 for Tax Year 2011 ATS and Production Date Change
  • Due Diligence Webinar to Air in Spanish
  • First Time Homebuyer Credit Account Look-up Tool
  • Urgent Update: Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) URL Change
  • IRS encourages your use of Legacy e-file system until further notice
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Upcoming Application to Application (A2A) Certificate Changes

January 2012

  • Modernized e-File Assurance Testing System (ATS) Not Operational
  • Modernized e-File Assurance Testing System (ATS) Operational
  • e-services Re-Engineering Results in Minor Changes to Functionality of Transcript Delivery System (TDS)
  • Revised 1040 ATS Disabled Business Rules File
  • Modernized e-File Assurance Testing System (ATS)  Downtime
  • Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Expiration Change from 24 hours to 10 hours
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) URL Change
  • Urgent Update: Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) URL Change
  • Revised 1040 ATS Disabled Business Rules File
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Startup for Business Filers
  • MeF Form 720 Valid Schemas and Business Rules Webpage
  • Providers prohibited from e-filing before receipt of All W-2's, W-2G or Form 1099-R
  • 94x XML
  • Opening for Modernized e-File (MeF) Individual Filing Participants
  • Legacy Form 1040 (1040 e-File) – Error Reject Code 0832
  • Unscheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Downtime - Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS)
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Online - Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS)
  • Revised 1040 ATS Disabled Business Rules File
  • Legacy Form 1040 (1040 e-File) – Error Reject Code 0832
  • Electronic Management System (EMS) 1 Hour Window Transmission Error Messages
  • 94x XML – Tax Year 2011 Updates (2012 Filing Season)
  • Revised 1040 Known Issues List
  • EITC Due Diligence Webinar on Video Portal
  • Early Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Downtime - Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS)
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Status - Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS)
  • Legacy Form 1040 (1040 e-File) – Error Reject Code 0947
  • Form 1120/1120S/1120-F Business Rules and Schemas for Tax Year 2011
  • Refund Status
  • 1040 MeF Disabled Business Rules for Production
  • Legacy Form 1040 (1040 e-File) – Error Reject Code 0947
  • 1040 e-file (Legacy) - TY2011 – Publication 1346 Record Layout and Error Reject Code – Nature of Changes # 4
  • Legacy Form 1040 (1040 e-File) – Error Reject Codes 0610, 0611, 0612
  • Form 1120/1120S/1120-F Business Rules and Schemas for Tax Year 2011 Production Date Change

December 2011

  • Shutdown dates / times for MeF Business Participants
  • 94x XML - Tax Year 2011 Updates (2012 Filing Season)
  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production Downtime
  • Form 1120/1120S/1120-F Business Rules and Schemas for Tax Year 2011
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) is Now Available
  • Business – 94x XML System Downtime
  • Form 1065/1065-B Business Rules and Schemas for Tax Year 2011
  • Webinar explains new EITC due diligence requirements
  • 1040 Modernized e-File Updates
  • Shutdown dates / times for MeF Business Participants
  • Modernized e-File Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime
  • 1040 e-file (Legacy) - TY2011 – Publication 1346 Record Layout and Error Reject Code – Nature of Changes # 3
  • Modernized e-File Assurance Testing System (ATS) Status
  • Modernized e-File Assurance Testing System (ATS) Operational
  • 94x XML Business e-file - Tax Year 2011 Updates (2012 Filing Season)
  • Modernized e-File Assurance Testing System (ATS) Not Operational
  • Modernized e-File Assurance Testing System (ATS)  Operational

November 2011

  • Individual e-File – Publication 1436 TY 2011 Nature of Change # 2 
  • Form 7004 Assurance Testing System
  • Form 1040 Modernized e-File (1040 MeF) Production Shutdown/Cut Over Schedule
  • Impact of Daylight Savings Time Change on Modernized e-File (MeF)
  • ITIN Processing (Auto Population of TIN on Form W-2)
  • EITC Due Diligence Penalty Increased
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Downtime for System Upgrade
  • 1040 PATS Drains correction for TY2011
  • Individual e-file - Tax Year 2011 Publication 1346 Record Layout Nature of Changes # 2 
  • Individual Filers - PATS Testing Update #1
  • Individual Filer – PATS Testing Update #2
  • Individual Filers - PATS Testing
  • Publication 4162 - Tax Year 2011
  • MeF (Modernized e-File) - Attn: Software Developers, Return Transmitters and Authorized IRS e-file Providers/EROs
  • Business – MeF Form 2290
  • Form 1040 Modernized e-File (1040 MeF) Production Shutdown/Cut Over Schedule
  • Individual Filers - Participants Acceptance Testing System (PATS)                                                                
  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime

October 2011

  • Electronic Management System Annual Columbus Day Power Outage at Martinsburg
  • Individual Filers – Last Day to e-file Form 1040, Electronic Tax Documents (ETD’s) and Payments
  • Individual e-file - Tax Year 2011 Publication 1346
  • The Electronic Management System located at Martinsburg, WV will be down October 6, 2011 From 1:00 AM until 12:00 PM Eastern Time
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime for Annual Cut-Over
  • Maintenance on the Electronic Management System at Martinsburg, WV is now complete
  • Maintenance for the Electronic Management System at Memphis, TN 
  • EITC Paid Preparer Compliance Program Expanded, More Proactive
  • Publication 4162, revision September 2011 
  • e-services Re-Engineering Results in Minor Changes to Functionality of Transcript Delivery System (TDS)
  • Individual e-file - Tax Year 2011 Publication 1346 Record Layout Nature of Changes # 1
  • Maintenance on the Electronic Management System at Memphis, TN is now complete
  • EMS Martinsburg efileD is unavailable
  • Electronic Management System in Martinsburg is now available
  • Delayed: e-services Re-Engineering Results in Minor Changes to Functionality of Transcript Delivery System (TDS)
  • Publication 4505, revision September 2011
  • Individual returns - 1040 MeF (Modernized e-File)
  • Individual returns - 1040 MeF (Modernized e-File)
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime for Annual Cut-Over 
  • All Modernized e-File Individual/Business Software Developers, Transmitters, and States
  • All Modernized e-File (MeF) Business and Individual (BMF & IMF) Participants -Transmitters, Software Developers and States 
  • Individual e-File – Publication 1436 TY 2011 Nature of Change # 1 
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Assurance Testing System (ATS)
  • MeF Business e-file Updates - Form Family 1120
  • Business – MeF Heavy Highway Use Tax (Form 2290) TY 2011 Business Rules and XML Schemas
  • MeF Business e-file Updates - Form 1065/1065-B
  • MeF Individual e-file Updates - Form Family 1040
  • Business – MeF Form 720 TY2011 Second and Third Quarter Filing
  • QuickAlerts is Changing!
  • 94x XML Business e-file - Tax Year 2011 Updates (2012 Filing Season)
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Quarterly Call

September 2011

  • MeF Business e-file Updates - Form Family 1120
  • MeF Individual e-file Updates - Form Family 1040
  • IMF - 1040 e-file (Legacy) – Attn: Software Developers, Return Transmitters and Authorized IRS e-file Providers/EROs – TY 2011 Publication 1346 DRAFT Record Layout and Error Reject Code Changes # 2
  • MeF Form 720 TY2011 Second and Third Quarter Filing
  • MeF Business e-file Updates - Form 1065/1065-B
  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime
  • Tax Year 2011 Publication 1436
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Individual e-file Updates - Form Family 1040

August 2011

  • MeF Business e-file Updates - Form Family 1120
  • Form W-2 Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN)
  • Software Developers, Return Transmitters, States and Authorized IRS e-file Providers/EROs. Tax Year 2011 Schemas and Business Rules files have been posted on IRS.gov
  • 1065/1065-B Business Rules and Schemas for Tax Year 2011
  • EMS Annual Labor Day Power Outage in Martinsburg, West Virginia
  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime

July 2011

  • Form W-2 Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN)
  • Individual e-File – TY 2011 Draft Publication 1346 Record Layout and Error Reject Code Changes - #1

June 2011

  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime
  • 94x XML Business e-file
  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime
  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime
  • Modernized e-File (MeF) Form 4562 Schema Notification

May 2011

  • Form 1120/1120S/1120-F Business Rules, Schemas, and Forms and Attachment Listing for Tax Year 2010
  • Scheduled Modernized e-File (MeF) Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Downtime
  • Subject: Forms 2290 and 8849, Business Rules and Schemas Updates for Tax Year 2009 through 2011    
  • Subject: 1065/1065-B Business Rules and Schemas for Tax Year 2010    

 

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