The FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) International Data Exchange Service (IDES) will undergo its next testing phase, as announced by the IRS yesterday, 13 June 2024.
FATCA IDES will be migrating to an updated system and vendor on Friday, 14 June 2024, at 8:00 AM EDT to Thursday, 20 June, 2024, at 11:59 PM EDT. IDES will be unavailable for transmissions during the system migration and maintenance activities. The Help Desk services may also be unavailable during this time.
The system will be back up and fully operational on Friday, 21 June, 2024, at 9:00 AM EDT. Due to the system migration, all IDES users are encouraged to participate in the Open Testing window, which will begin on 1 July 2024, to 26 July 2024.
The FATCA International Data Exchange Service (IDES) will be open for testing from Monday, 1 July 2024, at 8:00 AM EDT to Friday, 26 July 2024, at 5:00 PM EDT.
The test session will only be open to users that completed IDES enrollment by Wednesday, 26 June 2024, at 5:00 PM EDT. A completed IDES enrollment means the IDES account is active with a valid Digital Certificate attached.
On or before Friday, 28 June 2024, all eligible testers will receive an email with specific instructions to connect to the test site. All testing sessions will be announced on the IDES Testing Schedule web page.
