IRS 'Direct Pay' Option Not Working on Tax Day (cbsnews.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Online payments on IRS.gov are partially down. But the government still expects its money. A page on the IRS website that allows taxpayers to make a payment is not working for many as of Tuesday morning. Clicking on "Make a payment" on the payments page redirects the user to a page titled "unplannedOutagePage. Note that your tax payment is due although IRS Direct Pay may not be available," the page notes. UPDATE 04/17/18: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the Associated Press that online tax filers will get an extension due to today's website outage.

Comments

Re:A great new source of government income

[BlueStrat]

[A great new source of government income]...fine (issue penalties) to people for paying late!

To be fair, April 15th is the cutoff date for filing return forms and any other appropriate forms along with any taxes owed (besides any you're filing proper forms to defer). It's not like April 15th is a surprise or that there is not adequate time. According to the law it's the taxpayer's responsibility to make certain the required forms are filed and any taxes due are paid on time. I'm pretty sure the ToS on the IRS "Direct Pay" web page says, in so many boilerplate words, essentially the same thing and that 100% service up-time is not guaranteed.

This was designed as a convenience, not as a way to perform as a 'Hail Mary play', last-minute, guaranteed way to save yourself from your own irresponsibility, stupidity, and procrastination.

Strat

Re:"Your payment is due even though you can't pay

[Not-a-Neg]

Basic economics, the longer the money is in your savings account, the more money you earn in interest. Also, after Christmas, it takes a few months to save up enough to pay the Obama white slavery tax (health care tax penalty,) thankfully that will be removed next year.