IRS FIRE system replacement

The IRS is replacing FIRE (Filing Information Returns Electronically) with IRIS, the Information Returns Intake System. Information returns for tax year 2026 are to be filed through IRIS.

Your options

IRIS A2A: an XML interface for software vendors and large filers. It needs a new transmitter setup and software that speaks it.
A paid e-file service: you re-enter or re-import your data and pay per form.
The IRIS Taxpayer Portal: free, in your browser. You can key forms in or upload CSV files built from the IRS templates.

If your software still writes a FIRE file, the third option is the cheapest, as long as you can turn that file into the portal's CSV templates. That's what Refile does, in your browser, so your tax IDs never leave your computer.

$79 per tax year

Keep your 1099 software; file through the free IRIS portal.

Opens in December 2026. Pressing Buy charges nothing now: it puts you on the list for launch.