The Latest: IRS payment site fails, but taxes are still due

By: The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:25 PM
FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS website to make payments went down on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The IRS did not have an immediate explanation for the failure. But it said on its website that its online payment system became unavailable at 2:50 A.M. ET on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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This combo of images shows messages that were displayed on the Direct Pay section of the IRS website on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. At bottom is the initial message about the outage and at top is the updated message. The IRS said on its website that its online payment system became unavailable at 2:50 A.M. ET on Tuesday. The IRS did not have an immediate explanation for the failure. (IRS via AP)
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FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner David Kautter testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. The IRS website to make payments went down on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Kautter testified during a House Oversight Hearing Tuesday that a number of systems are down at the moment and that they are working to resolve the issue. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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The Latest: IRS payment site fails, but taxes are still due

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS website to make payments went down on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The IRS did not have an immediate explanation for the failure. But it said on its website that its online payment system became unavailable at 2:50 A.M. ET on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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This combo of images shows messages that were displayed on the Direct Pay section of the IRS website on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. At bottom is the initial message about the outage and at top is the updated message. The IRS said on its website that its online payment system became unavailable at 2:50 A.M. ET on Tuesday. The IRS did not have an immediate explanation for the failure. (IRS via AP)
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FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner David Kautter testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. The IRS website to make payments went down on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Kautter testified during a House Oversight Hearing Tuesday that a number of systems are down at the moment and that they are working to resolve the issue. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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