If you transmitted a return and it came back rejected ❌, take a breath.
The IRS has paused HUB testing ⏸️
(HUB testing = the preseason system test between the IRS and tax software.)
✅ What this means
Right now, the IRS system is not accepting transmissions.
So what happens is:
🚫 IRS isn’t taking returns in
📤 Your software still attempted to send
↩️ IRS automatically kicked it back
That’s a SYSTEM rejection 🖥️
Not a “your return is wrong” rejection.
🚫 What NOT to do
- Do NOT start editing clean returns
- Do NOT assume the client info is wrong
- Do NOT stress yourself out trying to “fix” something that isn’t broken
✅ What to do instead
- Wait for HUB testing to resume / the system to reopen 🔓
- Then retransmit ✅
⏰ Timing issue.
🖥️ System issue.
💼 Not a preparer issues