Tax year 2025 Modernized e-File schema and business rules for individual tax returns and extensions

 

The tables below provide links to the tax year 2025 release memorandum, extensible markup language schema, and business rules for the Modernized e-File (MeF) 1040 series and extensions.

Throughout the year, multiple versions of schema and business rules may be in use at the same time. For each version, the tables below reflect the effective dates in the Assurance Testing System (ATS) and Production System.

Tax year 2025 documents

Tax year 2025 Form 1040 series

Version Date available in SOR * ATS date Production date Comments
2025v1.0 6/26/2025 Not valid in ATS Not valid in production  
2025v2.0 7/16/2025 Not valid in ATS Not valid in production  
2025v3.0 8/15/2025 10/14/2025 Not valid in production  
2025v4.0 9/25/2025 11/2/2025 Not valid in production  

Tax year 2025 Form 4868

Version Date available in SOR * ATS date Production date Comments
2025v1.0 6/26/2025 Not valid in ATS Not valid in production  
2025v2.0 7/16/2025 10/14/2025 Not valid in production  
2025v3.0 9/25/2025 11/2/2025 Not valid in production  

Tax year 2025 Form 2350

Version Date available in SOR * ATS date Production date Comments
2025v1.0 6/26/2025 Not valid in ATS Not valid in production  
2025v2.0 7/16/2025 10/14/2025 Not valid in production  
2025v3.0 9/25/2025 11/2/2025 Not valid in production  

Form 9465

Version Date available in SOR ATS date Production date Comments
CUv27.0 6/6/2024 10/28/2024 1/27/2025  
CUv28.0 7/16/2025 10/14/2025 To be determined  

Form 56

Version Date available in SOR * ATS date Production date Comments
CUv23.2 4/24/2025 6/1/2025 6/22/2025  
CUv24.0 7/16/2025 10/14/2025 To be determined  

* Secure Object Repository (SOR)