QuickAlerts - Business MeF Production Shutdown/Cut Over Schedule

Subject:  Business MeF Production Shutdown/Cut Over Schedule

All times shown in this communication are Eastern Time Zone

Attention: (MeF) Participants - Transmitters, Software Developers, Practitioners and States

To ensure that all BMF tax returns e-filed through the Modernized e-File (MeF) system are processed timely, the following MeF Production shutdown/cut over and acknowledgment retrieval schedule has been established. It is imperative that everyone adhere to the schedule shown below.

Business MeF Production Shutdown/Cut Over Schedule

Shutdown for "Send Submissions" only is scheduled to begin on 11:59 a.m., Saturday, December 26, 2015, in order to prepare the system for the upcoming 2016 Filing Season.

Suggested Deadlines for Saturday, December 26, 2015

• Transmitters: Transmitting Submissions (State & Federal)            10:00 a.m
• States: Processing and Retrieving Submissions / Sending Acks     10:00 p.m.

Transmitters can continue to use the other service requests except “Send Submissions” until 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 26, 2015.

States can continue to use all the service requests necessary to retrieve and process state submissions until shutdown activities shown above. MeF recommends that states adjust their processing schedule in order to retrieve submissions in time to validate returns and submit acknowledgements.

Any acknowledgements not retrieved by 11:59 p.m. on December 26th cannot be accessed again until MeF opens for production in January 2016.

MeF Assurance Testing System (ATS) Schedule

ATS will remain open throughout this production shutdown/cut over period (12/26/2015 - 01/2016).

Please monitor the MeF Status Page for any updates. A QuickAlert will be issued once the BMF startup date for the 2016 Filing Season has been finalized.

We apologize for any inconveniences and thank you for your cooperation.