[RayChuang88]

Actually, actual paper filed returns tend to get more scrutiny. Really easy to “fudge” paper returns in many cases.

[dhs12345]

Seems like the IRS could “audit” every electronically submitted return. It would take a fraction of a second for them to read it in and another fraction of a section to compute the totals and verify them the from the tables and employer records. Not sure how ancillary forms are submitted and entered into the database but those could be electronic too.

It would save a huge amount of time if the whole process was completely electronic.

A paper submittal requires a human to read them and review them.

[catnipman]

“Really easy to “fudge” paper returns in many cases.”

and hundreds of times more likely to make calculation, data entry, logic, and misunderstanding/ignoring instruction errors on paper