TaxMe is expanding its information return filing services for the 2027 filing season with two new extension products: Form 8809, Application for Extension of Time to File Information Returns, and Form 15397, Application for Extension of Time to Furnish Recipient Statements.
Both products have been developed for electronic transmission through the IRS Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) and will become part of TaxMe's information return filing platform for tax year 2026.
Form 8809 is used to request additional time to file certain information returns with the IRS. For eligible information returns, the form generally provides an automatic 30-day extension of the filing deadline when properly submitted by the applicable due date.
TaxMe's new Form 8809 product will allow customers to prepare and electronically transmit eligible extension requests through our IRIS filing platform.
Form 15397 is used to request additional time to furnish information return statements to recipients. This is different from Form 8809, which extends the deadline for filing eligible information returns with the IRS.
TaxMe's new Form 15397 product will allow customers to prepare and electronically transmit eligible recipient-statement extension requests through our IRIS filing platform.
The IRS tax year 2026 IRIS specifications include both Forms 8809 and 15397, allowing these extension requests to be transmitted electronically through the IRIS Application-to-Application (A2A) channel used by TaxMe.
The addition of these forms expands TaxMe's IRIS capabilities beyond traditional information return filing and gives customers a simpler way to request additional time when they are unable to meet an applicable filing or recipient-statement deadline.
Before any new tax year product can be released for production filing, TaxMe performs testing through the IRS IRIS Assurance Testing System (ATS).
The IRIS A2A testing environment generally opens in November. When the IRS opens tax year 2026 testing, TaxMe will test Forms 8809 and 15397 along with our other tax year 2026 information return products.
The testing process confirms that TaxMe's transmission files comply with the IRS tax year 2026 schemas, business rules and electronic filing requirements before the products are made available for production filing.
The 2027 filing season represents an important transition for electronic information return filing as the IRS completes the move from the Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) system to IRIS.
TaxMe has already developed its information return transmission process around the IRS IRIS A2A platform and continues expanding the number of forms and filing services available through that system.
TaxMe will continue monitoring the IRS tax year 2026 schemas, business rules, ATS requirements and production filing specifications as the 2027 filing season approaches.
Forms 8809 and 15397 will be made available through TaxMe after successful IRS testing and completion of the required production preparations.