The IRS will treat tax returns with a Sept. 15 due date affected by an e-filing software outage as timely filed if the taxpayer successfully e-filed the return and any elections by Sept. 17, the agency announced Thursday, Sept. 24.
Due to technical problems with CCH’s e-filing system, some users were unable to get their returns into the e-file queue for much of the day on Sept. 15. CCH resolved the problem early Sept. 16. Learn more.