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House lawmakers renew IRS push to digitize paper returns

The BARCODE Efficiency Act is a companion to 2025 Senate legislation requiring scannable code on paper forms and the use of ...
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House advances bill to speed tax return processing via barcodes

The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to approve a bipartisan bill to accelerate processing of tax returns ...
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Bipartisan Senate bill aims to more easily digitize paper tax return forms

As the IRS’s digitization efforts amid tax season continue, a bipartisan pair of senators are pushing for another technological change aimed at easing the processing of returns. The Barcode Automation ...
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Bill would require IRS returns to have scannable bar code

Senators Tom Carper, D-Delaware, and Todd Young, R-Indiana, introduced a bill Thursday that, if implemented, would require the IRS to add scannable bar codes on electronically prepared paper returns, ...