mandmeickhoff@msn.com Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 From the IRS Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) site:Note: FIRE Production system will be down from 6 p.m.(EST) Dec. 11, 2015, through Jan. 18, 2016 for yearly updates. Question: Will the IRS accept paper 8955-SSA filings while the FIRE site is down during this time?
mandmeickhoff@msn.com Posted December 3, 2015 Author Posted December 3, 2015 Called the IRS, they did not provide any exception for the FIRE site outage. Suggested filing prior to the scheduled update period.
My 2 cents Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 For situations involving timely filed Forms 5558, that would relate to plan years beginning between February 2, 2015 and April 1, 2015, if I did the math right (covering filings due, with extension, on either 12/15/15 or 1/15/16). Without an extension, it would only be plan years beginning between May 2, 2015 and June 1, 2015 (covering only filings due, without extension, on 12/31/15). That is, the down time encompasses two possible filing deadlines for plans with extensions but only one for plans without extensions. Still, shutting down entirely for more than 5 weeks does seem a bit much, especially if there are filings that must be made using the FIRE system with due dates during that period. Always check with your actuary first!
Tom Poje Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 and I guess if you don't know about the IRS shutting things and you have something due then the IRS comment about filing prior to the scheduled update is not much help. I wouldn't know about it if it wasn't for this particular post.
My 2 cents Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 Wouldn't one month's advance notice for each week of shutdown be a reasonable standard for the IRS to be expected to meet? Certainly, one day's advance notice for each week of shutdown does not appear adequate. But for this discussion thread, who would have known to watch out for this? So mandmeickhoff@msn.com, you have my thanks! mandmeickhoff@msn.com 1 Always check with your actuary first!
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