IRS: Electronic Funds Withdrawal (EFW) Not Impacted by Disaster Relief Provisions

ATTN:  Software Developers, Return Transmitters and Authorized IRS e-file Providers/EROs

The disaster relief provision extending the filing deadline to May 11, 2010 for many federal tax returns does not impact the Form Payment Error Reject Codes (ERC) for EFW. A Balance Due Form 1040 series payment cannot be scheduled past April 15. We are unable to extend that date to May 11. After April 15, the Requested Payment Date cannot be later than the current processing date. For example, for a Form 1040 Balance Due return transmitted on May 11, the Requested Payment Date cannot be later than May 11. Please reference ERC 0397 for more detail.

In the same regard, for a Form 1040-ES payment made via EFW the due date for the first quarter estimated payment must equal April 15 and cannot be extended to May 11. An EFW payment submitted with a Form 4868 cannot be later than April 15. 
 
For affected taxpayers that need to delay payment beyond April 15 due to the disaster relief provision, there are alternative payment options available which can be found on irs.gov, namely EFTPS, credit or debit card, check or money order.
 
For information on Disaster Relief for federal tax purposes, please refer to the IRS website and search for Disaster Relief.