Advancing E-file Study Phase 1 Report Achieving the 80% E-file Goal Requires Partnering with Stakeholders on New Approaches to Motivate Paper Filers
Abstract
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Advancing E-file Study Phase 1 Report is a major effort to collect, synthesize, and analyze all substantial data in one document on the IRS e-file program including its history, stakeholders, taxpayer and preparer behaviors, related programs and efforts, and options for expansion to help the IRS validate and launch future studies, research, and other activities to meet the congressionally-set goal of an 80% e-file rate. As Phase 1 of a multiphased approach for addressing this goal, this report does not include recommendations on selecting or implementing specific options for advancing e-file but lays the foundation for doing so in future phases. Through this advancing e-file report, the IRS is taking the first step toward defining a comprehensive strategy and set of actions to achieve the 80% e-file goal established in the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA98)1. The primary purpose of this report is to gather substantiated information related to e-filing in one place and analyze it to ascertain the facts and considerations that the IRS, its third party partners, and the US Congress must address to achieve the 80% e-file goal.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2008
- Accession Number
- AD1107192
Entities
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation