Update….
The IRS has extended the 2017 filling deadline time one day to Wednesday , April 18, 2018…
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…from Business Insider….
- Parts of the Internal Revenue Service’s online filing system are down.
- Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday that “a number of systems are unavailable at the moment.”
- Tuesday is Tax Day, the deadline for taxpayers to file their 2017 federal taxes.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) online tax return filing platform is experiencing technical issues on Tuesday, the same day that federal tax filings are due.
Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told members of Congress that some parts of the agency’s online system were experiencing technical difficulties.
“On my way over here this morning, I was told a number of systems are unavailable at the moment,” Kautter said during a hearing on Capitol Hill. “We are working to resolve the issue, and taxpayers should continue to file as they normally would.”
A spokespoerson for the IRS told Business Insider that taxpayers should move forward with paying their taxes despite the glitches….