IRS Releases IRIS Testing Guide

May 12, 2023, 5:04 PM UTC

Instructions for testing the application-to-application bulk filing process for the Internal Revenue Service’s new Form 1099 filing portal were released May 11.

Publication 5719, Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) Test Package for Information Returns, is a guide for filers and software developers to testing IRIS submissions through their software. Filers, known as transmitters in the guide, only must ensure that their software can communicate with IRIS. Software developers must pass five of 21 test scenarios in order for their software to be approved. Both filers and software developers must contact the IRIS help desk after their test submissions or ...

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