Monday, January 13, 2025

IRS announces Jan. 27 start to 2025 tax filing season

original post: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-jan-27-start-to-2025-tax-filing-season-agency-continues-historic-improvements-to-expand-enhance-tools-and-filing-options-to-help-taxpayers#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Internal%20Revenue%20Service,the%20agency's%20historic%20modernization%20efforts. IR-2025-08, Jan. 10, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that the nation’s 2025 tax season will start on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will feature expanded and enhanced tools to help taxpayers as a result of the agency’s historic modernization efforts. The IRS expects more than 140 million individual tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the Tuesday, April 15 federal deadline. More than half of all tax returns are expected to be filed this year with the help of a tax professional, and the IRS urges people to use a trusted tax pro to avoid potential scams and schemes. The 2025 tax filing season will reflect continued IRS progress to modernize and add new tools and features to help taxpayers. Since last tax season, the improvements include more access to tax account information from text and voice virtual assistants, expanded features on the IRS Individual Online Account, more access to dozens of tax forms through cell phones and tablets and expanded alerts for scams and schemes that threaten taxpayers. The IRS has also expanded features and availability of last year’s Direct File program. This year, Direct File will be available starting Jan. 27 to taxpayers in 25 states. In addition, the IRS Free File program opens today. Available only on IRS.gov, IRS Free File Guided Tax Software provides millions of taxpayers nationwide access to free software tools offered by trusted IRS Free File partners. The IRS is also working to continue the success of the 2023 and 2024 tax filing seasons made possible with additional resources. The past two filing seasons saw levels of service at roughly 85% and wait times averaging less than 5 minutes on the main phone lines, as well as significant increases in the number of taxpayers served at Taxpayer Assistance Centers across the country. Based the on IRS’ current plan and funding levels, the agency will work to provide similar levels of performance on these key service metrics in the upcoming filing season. “This has been a historic period of improvement for the IRS, and people will see additional tools and features to help them with filing their taxes this tax season,” said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. “These taxpayer-focused improvements we’ve done so far are important, but they are just the beginning of what the IRS needs to do. More can be done with continued investment in the nation’s tax system.” The Get Ready page on IRS.gov highlights steps taxpayers can take now to streamline the filing process and the many resources available to interact with the IRS before, during and after filing their federal tax return.
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Monday, January 6, 2025

How to Reset MFA Authenticator

 New IRS Requires all software manufacturers for installation based tax programs to require authentication application to be used when logging into the system.  This was setup during the initial setup process of the program, if you are locked out or you need to reset this information for Admin or any other Usernames then please use the following links for information on how to do this.


How to Setup MFA Authenticator for Install Version during Install
 
How to Reset MFA Authentor for Admin / Any other Users
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2024 ETA State/Form Release Dates

 

Tax Year 2024 Federal and State E-File Availability

This table represents estimated and actual release dates for each module. The corresponding e-file status and release dates are displayed, if supported.
The paper approval status for any supported form can be found on the Forms Status Page.
JurisdictionModule Estimated ReleaseModule Actual ReleaseE-File StatusE-File Estimated ReleaseE-File Actual Release
-Federal Corporation1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
-Federal Estate7/31/2025Not Supported
-Federal Exempt2/6/2025Testing2/6/2025
-Federal Fiduciary2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
-Federal Gift2/27/2025Not Supported
-Federal Individual12/31/2024Approved12/26/2024
-Federal Miscellaneous2/6/2025Not Supported2/6/2025
-Federal Organizer5/29/2025Not Supported
-Federal Partnership1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
-Federal S-Corporation1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
-Refund Advantage Bank12/31/2024Planned
-Republic Bank12/31/2024Planned
-Santa Barbara Bank12/31/2024Planned
Alabama Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Alabama Fiduciary02/13/2025Not Supported
Alabama Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
Alabama Partnership1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Alabama S-Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Alaska Corporation02/06/2025Not Supported
Alaska Partnership02/06/2025Not Supported
Alaska S-Corporation02/06/2025Not Supported
Arizona Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Arizona Fiduciary2/13/2025Approved2/13/2025
Arizona Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Arizona Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Arizona S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Arkansas Corporation2/6/2025Testing2/6/2025
Arkansas Fiduciary2/20/2025Planned2/20/2025
Arkansas Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Arkansas Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Arkansas S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
California Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
California Exempt2/27/2025Not Supported
California Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
California Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
California Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
California S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Colorado Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Colorado Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Colorado Individual1/9/2025Testing1/16/2025
Colorado Partnership1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Colorado S-Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Connecticut Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Connecticut Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Connecticut Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Connecticut Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Connecticut Partnership1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Connecticut S-Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Delaware Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
Delaware Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Delaware Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Delaware Partnership2/6/2025Not Supported
Delaware S-Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
District of Columbia Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
District of Columbia Fiduciary2/20/2025Testing2/20/2025
District of Columbia Individual1/16/2025Testing1/16/2025
District of Columbia Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
District of Columbia S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Florida Corporation2/6/2025Testing2/6/2025
Florida Miscellaneous2/27/2025Not Supported
Florida Partnership2/6/2025Not Supported
Georgia Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Georgia Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Georgia Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
Georgia Partnership1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Georgia S-Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Hawaii Corporation2/6/2025Planned2/6/2025
Hawaii Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Hawaii Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Hawaii Partnership2/6/2025Not Supported
Hawaii S-Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
Idaho Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Idaho Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Idaho Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Idaho Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Idaho S-Corporation2/6/2025Testing2/6/2025
Illinois Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Illinois Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Illinois Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
Illinois Partnership1/30/2025Not Supported
Illinois S-Corporation1/30/2025Not Supported
Indiana Corporation1/30/2025Not Supported
Indiana Fiduciary02/13/2025Not Supported
Indiana Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
Indiana Miscellaneous02/27/2025Not Supported
Indiana Partnership1/30/2025Not Supported
Indiana S-Corporation1/30/2025Not Supported
Iowa Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Iowa Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Iowa Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Iowa Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Iowa S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Kansas Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Kansas Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Kansas Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Kansas Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Kansas S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Kentucky Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Kentucky Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Kentucky Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Kentucky Miscellaneous2/27/2025Not Supported
Kentucky Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Kentucky S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Louisiana Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Louisiana Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Louisiana Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Louisiana Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Louisiana S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Maine Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
Maine Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Maine Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Maine Partnership2/6/2025Not Supported
Maine S-Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
Maryland Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Maryland Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Maryland Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Maryland Miscellaneous02/27/2025Not Supported
Maryland Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Maryland S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Massachusetts Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Massachusetts Fiduciary2/13/2025Approved2/13/2025
Massachusetts Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
Massachusetts Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Massachusetts S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Michigan Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Michigan Fiduciary2/13/2025Approved1/30/2025
Michigan Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Michigan Partnership1/30/2025Not Supported
Michigan S-Corporation1/30/2025Not Supported
Minnesota Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Minnesota Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Minnesota Individual1/9/2025Testing1/16/2025
Minnesota Partnership1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Minnesota S-Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Mississippi Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Mississippi Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Mississippi Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Mississippi Partnership1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Mississippi S-Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Missouri Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Missouri Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Missouri Individual1/16/2025Testing1/16/2025
Missouri Partnership1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Missouri S-Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Montana Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
Montana Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Montana Individual1/16/2025Testing1/16/2025
Montana Partnership2/6/2025Not Supported
Montana S-Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
Nebraska Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Nebraska Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Nebraska Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Nebraska Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Nebraska S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
New Hampshire Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
New Hampshire Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
New Hampshire Individual1/16/2025Not Supported
New Hampshire Partnership2/6/2025Not Supported
New Hampshire S-Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
New Jersey Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
New Jersey Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
New Jersey Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
New Jersey Partnership1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
New Jersey S-Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
New Mexico Corporation2/6/2025Testing2/6/2025
New Mexico Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
New Mexico Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
New Mexico Partnership2/6/2025Testing2/6/2025
New Mexico S-Corporation2/6/2025Testing2/6/2025
New York Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
New York Fiduciary2/13/2025Testing2/13/2025
New York Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
New York Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
New York S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
North Carolina Corporation1/30/2025Not Supported
North Carolina Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
North Carolina Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
North Carolina Partnership1/30/2025Not Supported
North Carolina S-Corporation1/30/2025Not Supported
North Dakota Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
North Dakota Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
North Dakota Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
North Dakota Partnership2/6/2025Not Supported
North Dakota S-Corporation2/6/2025Not Supported
Ohio Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Ohio Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
Ohio Partnership1/30/2025Not Supported
Ohio S-Corporation1/30/2025Not Supported
Oklahoma Corporation1/30/2025Testing2/6/2025
Oklahoma Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
Oklahoma Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Oklahoma Partnership1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Oklahoma S-Corporation1/30/2025Testing1/30/2025
Oregon Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Oregon Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Oregon Individual1/16/2025Testing1/16/2025
Oregon Partnership2/6/2025Not Supported
Oregon S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Pennsylvania Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Pennsylvania Fiduciary02/13/2025Not Supported
Pennsylvania Individual1/2/202501/02/2025Released1/16/202501/02/2025
Pennsylvania Partnership1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Pennsylvania S-Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Rhode Island Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Rhode Island Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Rhode Island Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Rhode Island Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Rhode Island S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Rhode Island S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
South Carolina Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
South Carolina Fiduciary2/13/2025Not Supported
South Carolina Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
South Carolina Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
South Carolina S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Tennessee Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Tennessee Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Tennessee Individual1/16/2025Not Supported
Tennessee Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Tennessee S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Texas Corporation2/6/2025Planned2/6/2025
Texas Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Texas Partnership2/6/2025Planned2/6/2025
Texas S-Corporation2/6/2025Planned2/6/2025
Utah Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Utah Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
Utah Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Utah Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Utah S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Vermont Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Vermont Fiduciary2/20/2025Approved2/6/2025
Vermont Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
Vermont Partnership2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Vermont S-Corporation2/6/2025Approved2/6/2025
Virginia Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Virginia Fiduciary2/13/2025Approved2/13/2025
Virginia Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Virginia Partnership1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
Virginia S-Corporation1/30/2025Approved1/30/2025
West Virginia Corporation2/6/2025Planned2/6/2025
West Virginia Fiduciary2/20/2025Not Supported
West Virginia Individual1/16/2025Approved1/16/2025
West Virginia Partnership2/6/2025Planned2/6/2025
West Virginia S-Corporation2/6/2025Planned2/6/2025
Wisconsin Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Wisconsin Fiduciary2/13/2025Planned2/13/2025
Wisconsin Individual1/9/2025Approved1/16/2025
Wisconsin Partnership1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
Wisconsin S-Corporation1/30/2025Planned1/30/2025
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