IRS E-file Shutdown Date 12/26/2025

Just announced (IRS QuickAlerts):

"To prepare for the upcoming Filing Season for Tax Year 2025 and to ensure all Individual and Business Returns for Tax Year 2024 e-filed through the MeF system are processed in a timely manner, the following production shutdown and acknowledgment retrieval schedule has been established.

  • The shutdown for “Send Submissions” will begin at 11:59 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 26, 2025.

  • Any acknowledgments not retrieved by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 26, 2025, will not be accessible until MeF reopens for production in January 2026."