S. 452In Committee
BARCODE Efficiency Act
Requires the IRS to use barcodes and optical character recognition to digitize paper tax returns and correspondence when those tools are not slower or less reliable
Plain-English overview
What this bill does
Requires the IRS to use barcodes and optical character recognition to digitize paper tax returns and correspondence when those tools are not slower or less reliable
Key points
- Require barcodes on printed tax returns
- Require barcode scanning for return data
- Require optical character recognition for paper filings
Current status
Where it stands
Status
In Committee
Latest action
2025-02-06 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related context
Topics and policy areas
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