ATF eForms Crashes, Off-Line Until Further Notice

[electronman1729]

Well isn't this just great. Oh-Well at least i got all my form 1's out this year

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/04/robert-farago/breaking-atf-eforms-crashes-line-notice/

[paddywagon]

Yeah nice. I got 3 F1's, 1 F3, and 1 F4 i am waiting on. Hopefully they get their act together by the time my F3 gets approved. It would suck to have to wait on more paper!

[Monky]

Maybe pelosi started to question why they would make more of us lethal silent snipers faster?


Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

[Monky]

What really sucks. My sbs has been delayed so I haven't sent the form off... It will be here next week. Ugh


Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

[Great-Kazoo]

Yeah nice. I got 3 F1's, 1 F3, and 1 F4 i am waiting on. Hopefully they get their act together by the time my F3 gets approved. It would suck to have to wait on more paper!

anything in que is in process. Which is good, i maxed out the "household" expense fund real quick.

[CactusSam]

Even if it's only up 1/2 the time, I'd still rather go through the hassle of working with eforms to get my paperwork back in 3-6 months as opposed to the year+ it would take to send in the paperwork by snail mail. Just got my 30P-1 yesterday after ~5 month wait.

[Rooskibar03]

To bad they didn't so the same with the ACA website. God knows that thing doesn't work up to anyone's expectations.

[paddywagon]

To bad they didn't so the same with the ACA website. God knows that thing doesn't work up to anyone's expectations.

They could care a less about that because it was getting shoved down everybodies throats!

[bimmer]

Submitted a form 4 yesterday in under 5 minutes.

[Great-Kazoo]

Submitted a form 4 yesterday in under 5 minutes.

you must have been hitting refresh all day. the outage is still showing.

[bimmer]

First time we tried logging in... must have gotten lucky.

[10mm-man]

Update on E forms.

E forms letter attached..

[Irving]

This is what I read, "In 2005 we collected $8,320,000 in NFA taxes. In 2013 we collected $39,980,000 in NFA taxes."

I guess some of those fees were only $5 instead of $200, but not many I'll bet.


Also, best letter ATF has ever sent out.

[MAP]

Also, best letter ATF has ever sent out.

Let's see if they walk the talk.

Mike

[Great-Kazoo]

HOLY ELECTRONS BATMAN I'M IN

Thank you for visiting the ATF eForms system. ATF has seen the number of registered eForms users climb from 673 in 2013 to over 10,000 today, and the number of eForms submitted exceed 50,000. Just since January 2014, approximately 50% of NFA applications have been submitted via eForms. This surge in demand has created the need to enhance eForms to handle greater capacity now and in the future. To accommodate this unanticipated and substantial increase in application volume, ATF must enhance the eForms initiative to ensure that we can continue to meet the industry’s needs, as the volume of applications continues to exceed growth expectations. Our goal is to decrease our processing time and to continue to support industry and NFA availability without any impact from the significant application spikes or volume increases that we have seen in the last few years. Our plan for accomplishing this goal includes many aggressive steps being taken immediately on both eForms and the existing paper application processes. As a result of these steps, ATF has reduced the number of pending applications by nearly 10% just since March, and ATF’s monthly application processing volume has increased by 37%. During the next few weeks as the eForms is enhanced, ATF anticipates that the eForms system will accept processing of Forms 6 and 6A initially, followed by forms 1, 2, 5, 9, 5300.11 and 10. Paper applications via any form will continue to be processed, and Forms 3 and 4 will be prioritized. We expect Forms 3 and 4 to return to eForms very soon, as the enhancements are completed. To see a full explanation of this issue and the steps ATF is taking to address the issue, see the following letter (https://www.atfonline.gov/EForms/faces/userProfile/eForms%20Letter%204-16-14%20final.pdf). We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work diligently to improve the site