HR. 6956In Committee
BARCODE Efficiency Act
Requires the IRS to digitize paper tax returns and correspondence using barcodes, scanning, and optical character recognition when those tools are not slower or less reliable
Plain-English overview
What this bill does
Requires the IRS to digitize paper tax returns and correspondence using barcodes, scanning, and optical character recognition when those tools are not slower or less reliable
Key points
- Require barcode paper returns
- Require scanning return data
- Require OCR paper correspondence
Current status
Where it stands
Status
In Committee
Latest action
2026-04-28 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related context
Topics and policy areas
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