BSO and IRS FIRE System is down for maintenance dates

Eric Updated by Eric

The Electronic Wage Reporting suite of services will be unavailable from 6:00 AM EST on Friday, 12/06/2024 until 5:00 AM EST on Monday, 12/09/2024 to accommodate updates for the Tax Year 2024 filing season. This includes the AccuWage Online, W-2 Online, and EFW2 Wage File Upload services. We will resume accepting electronic submissions, to include those for Tax Year 2024, on 12/09/2024.
Reminder: Tax Year 2024 wage reports must be filed with the Social Security Administration by January 31, 2025.
The IRS Fire Production System will be down for annual updates November 22, 2024 and return from winter maintenance on January 13, 2025.

The IRS Fire Testing System will open January 7, 2025, 12 noon Eastern time.
IRIS Portal will open Jan 9, 2025.

The IRS File Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) system is down for maintenance for about a month starting each December. Click here for the exact dates.

During the maintenance window, users may see "The FIRE System is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later".

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