HILL TAX BRIEFING: $80 Billion Infusion Helps IRS Address Paper Addiction

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week promised lawmakers that the IRS strategic plan for spending the $80 billion it got from the Inflation Reduction Act will be coming in short order.

One area getting a slice of that funding is in helping the agency finally make inroads to address one of its biggest challenges: its addiction to paper.

“Based on the last draft I’ve seen, I think people are going to be happy with IRS’s goals with respect to scanning returns,” National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins said.

Collins and members of Congress have long put pressure on the ...