QuickAlerts - 2026 Filing Season for Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns

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QuickAlerts for Tax Professionals

January 6, 2026

Subject: 2026 Filing Season for Modernized e-File (MeF) Business Returns


Attention: Software Developers, Return Transmitters and Authorized IRS e-file Providers/EROs.

The IRS will begin accepting business tax returns on January 13, 2026, at 9 a.m. Eastern Time.

The following business tax returns will be available for filing through the MeF system beginning January 18, 2026:

  • Form 1042 Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons;
  • Form 1120-H U.S. Income Tax Return for Homeowners Associations;
  • Form 709 United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return;
  • Form 709-NA United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return Estate of nonresident not a citizen of the United States;
  • Form 1041 U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts.

Please monitor the MeF Status page on IRS.gov for updates.

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