Yellen Touts Next Phase of IRS Upgrade With ‘Paperless’ Push

The Internal Revenue Service will allow most taxpayers to go paperless by 2025, part of the Treasury Department’s push to modernize the badly outdated agency in a bid to improve customer service and ramp up enforcement.

“We are in the process of transforming the IRS into a digital-first agency,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in remarks she’s scheduled to deliver Wednesday at an IRS facility in McLean, Virginia.

Democrats provided the IRS with $80 billion in supplemental funding over 10 years as part of last year’s tax-and-climate law, though nearly a quarter was clawed back as part of this year’s ...