when will irs e filing resume
Each year, the IRS temporarily shuts down e-file for an extended maintenance period in order to prepare for the upcoming filing season. This year, the IRS will stop receiving e-filed individual (1040) income tax returns after 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday, November 30. Transmissions for 2014 and 2015 returns will resume sometime in January 2017, or in accordance with the start-up of the filing season for 2016 returns. 2013 returns can no longer be e-filed after this shutdown. The IRS supports only three years at a time.