IRS electronic tax filing system crashes hours from tax day deadline

FedScoop: The IRS’s electronic e-file system, which allows Americans to file taxes online, is experiencing “technical difficulties” as the midnight deadline for wrapping up 2017 taxes quickly approaches.

“On my way over here this morning, I was told a number of systems are down at the moment,” IRS acting Commissioner David J. Kautter told lawmakers in a scheduled House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday. “We are working to resolve the issue and taxpayers should continue to file as they normally would.”

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