Due to the late enacted tax legislation, e-filing has been delayed for some time, for most taxpayers, especially those itemizing their deductions.  This delay was to end on Monday, February 14, 2011.

Late on Friday evening, February 11, 2011, we learned from the IRS that the Service is limiting the number of returns it accepts daily from all e-file transmitters during February 14-18. They are implementing the flow control in order to manage their systems capacity and ensure successful filings of all returns, including those that were affected by the “Schedule A delays.” As a result, we has a maximum number of returns we can remit to the IRS each day. Therefore, returns submitted early in the week may not receive acknowledgements from the IRS until later in the week.

We are working closely with the IRS to process all tax returns as quickly as their systems will allow.

As a result of the IRS staged transmissions over the course of the week of Feb. 14-18, some clients may experience delays in return processing and in the time it takes to receive their refunds. However, we expect that all processing should be back into the standard processing flow by Friday, Feb. 18.

We will keep you informed as we learn more from the IRS.