Last April, the IRS launched its Zero Paper Initiative to speed up paper tax return processing. The project isn’t going well.

A TIGTA report reveals paper returns make up just 6% of filings, but drive 72% of processing costs. Funding cuts and staffing shortages are making it worse.

The Internal Revenue Service today opened the 2026 tax filing season and began accepting and processing federal individual income tax returns for tax year 2025. The IRS expects about 164 million ...

The Oregon Department of Revenue is urging taxpayers who still file by paper to change that practice this year. Anyone who submits their state taxes electronically and is owed money could receive ...