{"id":178,"date":"2016-02-05T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ziprefund.com\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2016-07-06T19:54:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T19:54:16","slug":"irs-resumes-processing-tax-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ziprefund.com\/blog\/index.php\/irs-resumes-processing-tax-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Resumes Processing Tax Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (FEBRUARY 5, 2016)<\/div>\n
BY MICHAEL COHN<\/div>\n
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The Internal Revenue Service said it resumed processing individual and business tax returns at approximately 5 p.m. Thursday following resolution of its system outage.<\/p>\n

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Many of the tools and applications came up earlier on Thursday morning, including \u201cWhere\u2019s My Refund\u201d on IRS.gov. The systems had been down since Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIRS teams worked throughout the night and around the clock on this system outage,\u201d IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in a statement. \u201cOur processing systems are back in business. Taxpayers should see little, if any, impact on their tax returns or refunds. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused, and we appreciate the support and patience from taxpayers as well as our partners in the tax community and state revenue departments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IRS emphasized that taxpayers do not need to take any additional steps or action due to the outage, including people who filed just before or during the outage. Throughout this period, taxpayers were able to continue to send their tax returns to their e-file provider; these companies have already started sending these tax returns into the IRS.<\/p>\n

Taxpayers who have received a specific refund date from the \u201cWhere\u2019s My Refund?\u201d tool on IRS.gov should not be affected by the outage, the IRS noted. The IRS reminded taxpayers that many variables factor into the processing of tax refunds, including fraud prevention efforts, but we continue to anticipate that nine out of 10 taxpayers will receive their refunds within 21 days after being accepted by the IRS. In addition, the IRS pointed out that IRS.gov remains the best place to check for information on refunds. Additional information is available at https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/Refunds\/What-to-Expect-for-Refunds-This-Year<\/p>\n

The IRS said it is continuing to examine the underlying cause of the outage yesterday as well as monitoring any follow-up issues. At this time, the IRS added, the situation appears to be a hardware failure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C. (FEBRUARY 5, 2016) BY MICHAEL COHN The Internal Revenue Service said it resumed processing individual and business tax returns at approximately 5 p.m. Thursday following resolution of its system outage. Many of the tools and applications came up earlier on Thursday morning, including \u201cWhere\u2019s My Refund\u201d on IRS.gov. The systems had been down … <\/p>\n

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