IRS Extends Filing Deadline
The IRS has extended the filing deadline to April 18, allowing taxpayers an extra day to file and pay their taxes following technical difficulties with the agency's
electronic filing and
online payment systems, and
both services are currently available. Earlier this morning, NAEA informed Members that the IRS was working on bringing the systems back on line, and that Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter had indicated during today’s House
hearing on IRS oversight that the Service planned to attempt a "hard reboot" of the agency's system. Read more about the MeF and Direct Pay system breakdowns in this
Washington Post article.