IRS FIRE Test Site Availability 2022

Hello all.

It's that "fun" time of the year again.

This is more of an FYI....if you plan to do 1099 file submission testing.

Once Oracle applies the current year patches, we apply them to a test environment right away. Prior to in depth testing, we run the withholding post and rpt/post processes to generate test files and submit them to the FIRE test site for confirmation.. We then proceed with the in-depth testing.

Over the past few years, we have had a window of about 2 weeks. (the window has gotton smaller each year).

I have been reviewing the IRS site for 2022 updates and see that the FIRE test site will only be available November 3, 2022, 8 a.m. ET through November 25, 2022, 6 p.m. ET.