Freedom is the open window

In case you hadn't heard, the filing window for FY 2016-2017 has been set: February 3rd to April 29th.

Here's my annual spreadsheet of window history:

FY	ESL release	Window announced	Days to announce	Window open	60 days?	Window close	Window days
2005	10/14/2004	11/5/2004	22	12/14/2004	61	2/17/2005	65
2006	11/22/2005	11/23/2005	1	12/6/2005	14	2/16/2006	72
2007	10/19/2006	10/20/2006	1	11/14/2006	26	2/7/2007	85
2008	10/19/2007	10/28/2007	9	11/7/2007	19	2/7/2008	92
2009	11/21/2008	11/24/2008	3	12/2/2008	11	2/12/2009	72
2010	12/2/2009	12/3/2009	1	12/3/2009	1	2/11/2010	70
2011	12/6/2010	12/10/2010	4	1/11/2011	36	3/24/2011	72
2012	9/28/2011	11/22/2011	55	1/9/2012	103	3/20/2012	71
2013	9/27/2012	11/13/2012	47	12/12/2012	76	3/14/2013	92
2014	10/22/2013	11/20/2013	29	1/9/2014	79	3/26/2014	76
2015	10/28/2014	12/19/2014	52	1/14/2015	78	3/26/2015	71
2016	9/11/2015	1/25/2016	136	2/3/2016	145	4/29/2016	86

It's a whole new ballgame!  Other than the date the ESL was released and the length of the window, everything is unprecedented.

My dream of a compressed PIA review period is coming true.

Just like last year, you can complete and pay for Category 2 purchases before you file the Form 471 for those purchases, since the filing window closes after the April 1 start date for C2 installation.