The Internal Revenue Service plans to allow more of the remaining tax forms that have not been available for electronic filing yet this tax season to go through during the first week of March.
In an email to software developers and transmitters on Wednesday, the IRS noted that due to late legislation, the IRS delayed startup for the tax forms listed below until the first week in March.
To ensure there are no issues with accepting the forms for downstream processing, the IRS is asking software developers and transmitters to adhere to the following plan:
The schemas and business rules will be deployed in the Production environment during the March 3, 2013 Sunday maintenance window.
When the Production environment becomes operational at 7:00 am Eastern Time, transmitters should only send their stockpiled inventory of tax returns they have held back, evenly spread throughout the day on Sunday, This will allow the IRS’s Modernized e-File system team to quickly review the reject trends for the returns to ensure the schemas and business rules work as intended. “Please do not enable online filing for the forms until the IRS officially announces the processing of these forms targeted for the first week of March,” the IRS asked.
Barring any problems, the IRS will then send out a QuickAlert email early in the week announcing the official opening. At that time, it will ask companies to enable online filing for these forms.
“As we have communicated throughout the filing season, we appreciate your continued partnership and support to ensure a successful startup!” the IRS added.
Tax Year 2012 Tax Forms Scheduled for Startup:
• Form 3800 General Business Credit
• Form 4136 Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels
• Form 5074 Allocation of Individual Income Tax to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Form 5471 Information Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Corporations
• Form 5695 Residential Energy Credits
• Form 5735 American Samoa Economic Development Credit
• Form 5884 Work Opportunity Credit
• Form 6478 Credit for Alcohol Used as Fuel
• Form 6765 Credit for Increasing Research Activities
• Form 8396 Mortgage Interest Credit
• Form 8582 Passive Activity Loss Limitations
• Form 8820 Orphan Drug Credit
• Form 8834 Qualified Plug-in Electric and Electric Vehicle Credit
• Form 8839 Qualified Adoption Expenses
• Form 8844 Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Employment Credit
• Form 8845 Indian Employment Credit
• Form 8859 District of Columbia First-Time Homebuyer Credit
• Form 8864 Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Fuels Credit
• Form 8874 New Markets Credits
• Form 8900 Qualified Railroad Track Maintenance Credit
• Form 8903 Domestic Production Activities Deduction
• Form 8908 Energy Efficient Home Credit
• Form 8909 Energy Efficient Appliance Credit
• Form 8910 Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit
• Form 8911 Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit
• Form 8912 Credit to Holders of Tax Credit Bonds
• Form 8923 Mine Rescue Team Training Credit
• Form 8932 Credit for Employer Differential Wage Payments
• Form 8936 Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit
6 Comments
Does anyone know why a tax return containing form 8889 can't be e-filed through TurboTax if you are over 65 (no longer eligible to contribute to a HSA)? I did find out from the internet and TurboTax that if you check the box on line 1 of form 8889 indicating coverage under a HDHP (even though this is not correct) it will then e-file. TurboTax claims this is an IRS problem. For 2011 the same return could be e-filed without checking the HDHP box.
Posted by: davidpatterson@earthlink.net | March 2, 2013 1:25 PM
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We should tell our clients to reduce their withholding until Congress passes a budget... The problem is Congress needs more accountants and less attorneys
Posted by: TaxSeasonis fun | March 1, 2013 11:05 AM
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Brokerage firms get all the time they need and still get it wrong.
The IRS gets all the time they need because the politicians don't care about anyone but themselves and getting re-elected.
We accountants get less time to do the same work with more complex laws and national disasters and their effects to deal with!
I would say that I should have been a politician but I still value my integrity and ethics!
Posted by: Flupfer | February 28, 2013 2:37 PM
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Extra time to prepare the returns? Propose this idea to a Congressman and you'll probably get a stupid look.
Posted by: nraacct | February 28, 2013 10:28 AM
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Not that I am looking to extend tax season, but when do we get an extra 2-4 weeks to prepare tehese returns?
Less that 6 weeks to prepare returns with Forms 3800, 8582 and 8903???
Thanks Congress. Clueless as always!!!!
Posted by: Flupfer | February 28, 2013 9:15 AM
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IRS beta testing in March! Thank you, Congress!!!
Posted by: MAKCPA | February 28, 2013 8:37 AM
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