CCH iFirm will be temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance from 11:00 PM EST Thursday, July 24th until 4:00 AM EST Friday, July 25th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
CCH iFirm Scheduled Maintenance Tonight
CCH iFirm will be temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance from 11:00 PM EST Friday, April 4th, until12:00 AM EST Saturday, April 5th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Refunds Today: Scheduled Maintenance Tonight
In preparation for the upcoming Tax season, The Refunds Today team will be performing scheduled maintenance and routine testing on the date(s)/time(s) below.
Tuesday, September 24th, 10PM ET -- Wednesday, September 25th, 6AM ET
- Systems Impacted: E-File, Central Office Manager (COM), Bank Enrollments,
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we continue to enhance our systems to offer you the best experience possible.
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Refunds Today: Scheduled Maintenance September 3rd
In preparation for the upcoming Tax season, The Refunds Today team will be performing scheduled maintenance and routine testing on the date/time below.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 10PM ET -- Wednesday, September 4th, 6AM ET
- Systems Impacted: TaxWise Online, Bank Enrollments, Central Office Manager (COM) and Support Pages.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we continue to enhance our systems to offer you the best experience possible.
Refunds Today - Scheduled Maintenance Tonight
In preparation for the upcoming Tax season, The Refunds Today team will be performing scheduled maintenance and routine testing on the date(s)/time(s) below.
Thursday, August 29th, 10PM ET -- Friday August 30th, 6AM ET
- Systems Impacted: E-File
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we continue to enhance our systems to offer you the best experience possible.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Refunds Today - Scheduled Maintenance: August Dates and Times
In preparation for the upcoming Tax season, The Refunds Today team will be performing scheduled maintenance and routine testing on the dates/times below.
Friday, August 9th, 10PM ET -- Sunday, August 11th, 6AM ET
- Systems Impacted: Refunds Today Online, E-File, Support Pages
- Systems Impacted: Refunds Today Online, E-File, Support Pages
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Refunds Today, TaxWise Online - Scheduled Maintenance: February 29, 2024
Scheduled maintenance has been completed. We appreciate your patience as we continue to enhance our systems to offer you the best experience possible.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
IRS News: Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window
Please monitor the MeF Operational Status page for any future updates.
During this time you will be able to continue transmitting your returns to our Electronic Filing Center (EFC); however, we will be unable to send to the IRS or retrieve acknowledgements (acks) until the MeF system is back online.
Friday, August 11, 2023
Refunds Today - Scheduled Maintenance: August Dates and Times
In preparation for the upcoming Tax season, The Refunds Today team will be performing scheduled maintenance and routine testing on the dates/times below.
Friday, August 18, 10PM ET -- Monday August 21, 6AM ET
- Systems Impacted: Refunds Today Online, E-File, Support Pages
- Systems Impacted: Refunds Today Online, E-File, Support Pages
Thursday, July 27, 2023
TaxWise - Scheduled Maintenance and System Availability: Thursday, July 27 10 PM ET - Friday, July 28 4AM ET
TaxWise systems will be impacted and unavailable during this maintenance window.
Thursday, July 27, 10PM ET -- Friday, July 28, 4AM ET
Thursday, March 16, 2023
IRS News: Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window
The IRS has announced an upcoming extended maintenance window for their MeF Production and Testing Systems on Sunday, March 19, 2023, from 12:01 am. until 10:00 am. Eastern time.
Please monitor the MeF Operational Status page for any future updates.
During this time you will be able to continue transmitting your returns to our Electronic Filing Center (EFC); however, we will be unable to send to the IRS or retrieve acknowledgements (acks) until the MeF system is back online.
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Refunds Today - Unscheduled Maintenance and System Availability: Tuesday, March 7, 10pm ET - 10:30pm ET
Some Refunds Today systems will be impacted and may be temporarily unavailable during the unscheduled maintenance window.
Tuesday, March 7, 10pm ET - 10:30pm ETTuesday, December 13, 2022
Refunds Today - Scheduled Maintenance and System Availability: Thursday, December 15th, 10pm ET - Midnight ET
Some TaxWise systems will be impacted and unavailable during this maintenance window.
- Thursday, December 15th, 10PM ET -- Midnight
- Systems Impacted: Partner Verification
Friday, June 17, 2022
Modernized e-File (MeF) Extended Maintenance Window
The IRS has announced an upcoming extended maintenance window for ther MeF Production and Testing Systems on Sunday, June 19, 2022, from 12:01 am. until 11:00 am. Eastern time.
Please monitor
the MeF Operational Status page for any future updates.
During this time you will be able to continue transmitting your returns to our Electronic Filing Center (EFC); however, we will be unable to send to the IRS or retrieve acknowledgements (acks) until the MeF system is back online.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Central Office Manager (COM) Scheduled Maintenance - May 24, 10 PM EST
The TaxWise team will be performing overnight scheduled maintenance on the dates/times below. Maintenance is scheduled to begin around 10pm ET and may last until 2am ET. Customers will be unable to access COM during the maintenance window.
- Tuesday, May 24th, 10:00PM ET (COM Maintenance)
Friday, May 20, 2022
*Resolved* Modernized e-File (MeF) System Maintenance
***Resolved***
The MeF System is back online.
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The IRS has announced that the MeF System is currently undergoing maintenance. All services except Send Submissions are currently unavailable for MeF Production and Testing Systems until further notice.
A QuickAlert
will be issued once the system is operational.
Please monitor
the MeF Operational Status page for any future updates.
This means you will be able to continue transmitting returns; however acknowledgements (acks) will be delayed until the MeF System is back online.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
TaxWise - Scheduled Maintenance: Friday, May 20 - Sunday, May 22
The TaxWise team will be performing scheduled maintenance and routine testing on the dates/times below. Several systems will be impacted and unavailable during this maintenance window.
- Friday, May 20, 10PM ET -- Sunday, May 22, 9AM ET
- Systems Impacted: TaxWise Online, E-File, Support Pages
Friday, March 18, 2022
IRS Modernized e-File (meF) Extended Scheduled Maintenance
The IRS has announced an extended scheduled maintenance window on Sunday, March 20, 2022 from 12:01 AM until 11:00 AM EST. During this time, the IRS will be unable to receive transmitted e-files.
You will still be able to transmit your returns to us; however, any Federal or State returns transmitted between Saturday, March 19, 2022, 11:59 PM and Sunday, March 20, 2022, 12 Noon EST will be held at the Electronic Filing Center (EFC) until the IRS systems are back online.
Thursday, December 30, 2021
TaxWise Online Update: Scheduled Maintenance - December 30, 2021
As part of a scheduled maintenance release to prepare for the upcoming Tax Season, please be advised that the TaxWise team will be updating the TaxWise Online application during the evening of Thursday, December 30, 2021 starting at 10pm ET.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
IRS News: Scheduled Maintenance for the Modernized e-File (MeF) Production System
During this time you can still transmit returns to the Electronic Filing Center (EFC) and we will hold the e-files until the IRS restores service. You will not receive any acks during this time.
For more info, please visit The IRS announcement.