Tax Administration: Electronic Filing's Past and Future Impact on Processing Costs Dependent on Several Factors

Abstract

From fiscal years 1997 through 2000,the number of individual business tax returns filed electronically increased from almost 23 to almost 41 million. At the same time, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) actual expenditures for submission processing (which funds for processing returns filed on paper and electronically) grew about $795 million in 1997 to about $924 million in 2000, an increase 16 percent, or 11 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars. Because it less, on average, to process an electronic return compared with a return, a growth in processing costs at the same time electronic filing growing seems contradictory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA398895

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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