Tech Talk: IRS extends filing deadline due to computer glitch

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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service announced late Tuesday it would accept tax returns through Wednesday because of a computer glitch that knocked offline the agency’s ability to process many returns filed electronically. (Photo courtesy of flickr.com.)

The Internal Revenue Service announced late Tuesday it will let taxpayers submit tax returns without penalty through Wednesday due to technical problems.

A computer glitch at the IRS knocked offline the agency’s ability to process many tax returns filed electronically, a breakdown that left agency officials flummoxed and millions of Americans baffled, write Jeff Stein, Damian Paletta, and Mike DeBonis at philly.com.

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IRS officials did not specify exactly what went wrong, saying only that they would undertake a “hard reboot” of their systems. By late Tuesday, the IRS said that its systems were back online and that taxpayers could proceed to file returns through the end of Wednesday. Taxes had been due on Tuesday, two two days later than the usual tax-due date, April 15, which fell on a Sunday. Monday was Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia.

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