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IRS Goes Paperless, Finally!

Posted on 7th August 2023

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The Messenger reports that the US IRS (Internal Revenue Service) will be going fully paperless (i.e. digital) by 2025.

This transformation will:

  • Speed up tax refunds;
  • Make it easier for Americans to file their tax returns, with fewer opportunities for mistakes;
  • Save the IRS millions of dollars in effort to process and check returns (which is the real reason for them making the change).

US citizens should not have any illusions about this digital transformation; the IRS will certainly screw it up, so that the full benefits may take several years to fully materialise.