"IRS electronic filing system breaks down hours before midnight deadline... The Internal Revenue Service’s electronic system that allows Americans to submit their tax returns online has partly failed Tuesday, complicating filing for the millions of Americans attempting to meet the midnight deadline... ...the agency was struggling to accept returns from widely used software programs such as TurboTax and Intuit — as well as from H&R Block, the massive tax preparation company. The IRS plans to attempt a “hard reboot” of its system in the hope of solving the problem, according to a congressional official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...7a8c409298b_story.html?utm_term=.b5aa7be66182
Maybe the entire grid needs a whole new set up. ISP's and other telecommunication networks do those hard reboots to refresh circuits for customers when interruptions won't clear locally. If no joy, out go the crews to hands on replace components, wire etc. Funny thing about digital. It boils down to old fashion trusty invention/discovery of electricity. And electricity can and does go haywire
"...The agency’s electronic filing system came back online early Tuesday evening, ...The Internal Revenue Service will let taxpayers submit their tax returns without penalty through the end of the day Wednesday, delaying the deadline a day after widespread failures of the agency’s systems for electronically filing returns..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...7a8c409298b_story.html?utm_term=.e5a0b97a86f1
Watchdog: IRS Declined to Patch Known Weakness Ahead of Tax Day Crash September 24, 2018 https://www.nextgov.com/it-moderniz...ess-ahead-tax-day-crash/151510/?oref=rf-river Audit (PDF): https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2018reports/201820065fr.pdf
