<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thank you for all of your responses. We use the FIRE system as well. In the e-News for Payroll Professionals 2025-1 (the email that Maine ASBO shared this morning), I thought I read that it was required to e-file through IRIS so I just wanted to make sure that it was still acceptable to e-file through FIRE. </div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM Cindy McCarthy <<a href="mailto:cmccarthy@msad54.org" target="_blank">cmccarthy@msad54.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">We filed using the FIRE system.</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><font size="4">Thank you,</font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Garamond,serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><i><font size="4">Cindy McCarthy</font></i></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Accounting Specialist</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Maine School Administrative District #54</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">196 West Front Street</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Skowhegan ME 04976</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Phone: (207)474-2497</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><br></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Fax: (207)474-7422</span></font></p></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM Sara Ippolito <<a href="mailto:sippolito@msad37.org" target="_blank">sippolito@msad37.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I actually called and spoke with someone at the IRS. I was told we needed to file under the FIRE system. She was super supportive and stayed on the phone with me until I was able to log on as I was having issues. Once I got on though it was an easy process.<div><br></div><div>Sara Ippolito</div><div>Business Manager</div><div>MSAD 37</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM Jillian Merrill <<a href="mailto:jmerrill@sedomocha.org" target="_blank">jmerrill@sedomocha.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Do you file your 1099's through the IRIS or FIRE production system? What is the difference between the two systems and do we have the option to e-file with either one for 2024? <br><br>Thanks,<br>Jillian</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jillian Merrill<div>Financial Manager</div><div><br></div><div>RSU#68 </div><div>Central Office</div><div>572 Bangor Road</div><div>Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426</div><div>(207) 742-8527 ext. 3</div><div><b><a href="mailto:jmerrill@sedomocha.org" target="_blank">jmerrill@sedomocha.org</a></b></div></div></div></div>
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