Despite drowning in a metaphorical flood, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not heeding calls to build a metaphorical ark—and taxpayers are paying a literal price. That’s according to Erin M.

The Internal Revenue Service has made only limited progress so far on its goal of achieving "paperless processing," scanning only a tiny fraction of paper-filed returns last tax season, according to a ...

The IRS is currently working on paper-filed amended individual returns (Form 1040-X) received in February 2026, according to its posted processing timetable. Amended returns take significantly longer ...

Lawmakers say that more than 800,000 taxpayers could receive CP53E notices tied to the phaseout of paper checks, potentially delaying some refunds for over 10 weeks. Congressional Democrats are ...

That’s the big solution being floated by the National Taxpayer Advocate this week in the wake of an ever-growing backlog of paper tax returns. According to the latest data, the Internal Revenue ...

The Internal Revenue Service plans to close its paper return processing center in Fresno, California, permanently at the end of this month, so taxpayers and tax professionals in some Western states ...

When was the last time you wrote a paper check? If the answer is a long time, that's exactly why the Fed says they're starting to explore winding down their check processing services--a move that ...