Senators press for barcodes on tax returns so IRS can process them faster
Members of the Senate Finance Committee are calling on the Internal Revenue Service to rely on barcodes to process millions of paper tax returns more quickly.
The IRS is rounding the corner on its pandemic-era backlog of tax returns.
The Internal Revenue Service is handling more of its call volume through automation, which gives its call-center employees more time to address more complex…
Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) said the IRS budget outlined in the draft bill would help the agency “provide better customer service and crack down on big corporations and the wealthy who are not paying their fair share in taxes.”