Of course, after reporting good news from the IRS there must be bad news to balance it out. And there is. For reasons that only the bureaucrats at the IRS can fathom, every year over Columbus Day weekend the IRS shuts down their computer systems. This includes processing of returns and IRS e-services.
As noted on various IRS web pages:
IRS will conduct its annual Columbus Day Power Outage beginning Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. and ending on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 5:00 a.m. [times Eastern]
Yes, I know the IRS does this every year, but why not break with tradition and choose another weekend — say the weekend of October 18th. It’s not as if there’s a tax deadline right after Columbus Day weekend….
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You may be able to get a reprieve depending on your location. Here in the Midwest there was a lot of flooding this summer. The IRS is waiving penalties for certain disaster areas.