Government Shutdown Delays 4506-C Orders with Wet Signatures

Following up on our earlier post about potential IRS disruptions, the current government shutdown is now directly impacting processing of 4506-C tax transcript requests. The IRS division that handles wet-signed forms has been furloughed, causing delays for those orders.

What’s Happening

• Orders submitted with wet-signed 4506-C forms are not being processed at this time and will remain queued until the government reopens.
• Orders submitted electronically using e-signed 4506-C forms are continuing to process normally.

Our Take

Informative Research recommends that lenders currently using wet signatures transition to e-signature processing as soon as possible to avoid delays. IR’s verification platform supports secure e-signature workflows and continues to transmit completed requests to the IRS without interruption. We’ll keep monitoring the situation closely and provide updates once normal processing resumes.