The IRS Decided to Troll Tax Pros For 10/15

Posted on by Going Concern News Desk
screenshot of an IRS system outage warning

We realize the decision to run maintenance on IRS systems likely isn’t made by anyone who understands deadlines but surely someone who does could inform the IT department of these important dates to prevent shutdowns during critical time periods? No? It feels like this happens every year.

Apparently they were planning to do a little maintenance on the Tax Pro Account systems from October 13-15. No biggie. This is fine. It’s just like any other weekend. A holiday weekend no less!

The notification no tax pro wants to see on the days leading up to 10/15:

Good news though! Thanks to a large number of exhausted tax pros taking time out of their busy emotional breakdowns to complain, the IRS decided not to torture them further with scheduled maintenance after all.

Happy 10/15, everyone.

Earlier:

The IRS Scheduled a Website Outage on September 15, Can’t Figure Out Why People Hate Them

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