Affordable Care Act (ACA) information returns and transmittals are electronically filed through the ACA Information Return system, also known as AIR.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information Returns (AIR) Production Shutdown/Cutover for Filing Season 2025/Tax Year 2024
The Production environment Shutdown/Cutover for all transmissions, including corrections and replacements, will begin on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Please do not attempt to access the AIR Production environment via the Application to Application (A2A) and User Interface (UI) Channels during the Shutdown period.
Start-up for Filing Season 2025/Tax Year 2024 AIR Production will begin Friday, January 10, 2025 at 9:01 a.m. Eastern time.
The AATS environment is still available during the Production Shutdown, except for the routine maintenance window that occurs each Sunday.
Production |
AATS (test) | |
---|---|---|
System Status | Not Operational |
Operational |
Tax Years Available |
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, |
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, |
*Scheduled Maintenance Build:
A routine maintenance build is scheduled every Sunday. The system will be unavailable from 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time.
For more information regarding AIR, please refer to the AIR page on IRS.gov.