Yellen Touts Next Phase of IRS Upgrade With ‘Paperless’ Push
- Tax agency to expand online filing options over next two years
- IRS to digitize all incoming paper documents by 2025
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The Internal Revenue Service will allow most taxpayers to go paperless by 2025, part of the Treasury Department’s push to modernize the badly outdated agency in a bid to improve customer service and ramp up enforcement.
“We are in the process of transforming the IRS into a digital-first agency,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in remarks she’s scheduled to deliver Wednesday at an IRS facility in McLean, Virginia.