How Did We Get Here? 2-D Barcoding and the Paper Return Backlog – A Missed Opportunity

In her February 17, 2022 testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, the National Taxpayer Advocate reported that as of February 5, 2022, the IRS had 23.5 million returns and correspondence in its inventory requiring manual processing.  This number includes 17.6 million original and amended individual and business returns, down from the 35.5 million tax returns […]