The Internal Revenue Service reports all processing systems are working following a hardware issue on Tuesday, April 17, that halted several services. The agency says it accepted more than 14 million returns after what it described as a Tuesday morning problem.

The Internal Revenue Service has experienced computer outages today. Web pages for eServices and DirectPay with Bank Account remained down in the late afternoon.

With the filing deadline this week, the filing gains for 2018 tax season fell back. For the reporting period ended April 6, the number of returns received and processed were up .1 percent from the period ended April 7, 2017. For the prior reporting period, those two categories were up .5 percent and .3 percent from the 2017 results.