Kind of sounds like one of those movies from the seventies, doesn’t it. And no, the IRS computer system really isn’t that old (it has been upgraded to at least 2001). But Uncle Sam wants you to efile your taxes, and he gives you a few reasons here to efile instead of paper filing your taxes this year:

http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USIRS/bulletins/a23412?reqfrom=share

Here is another reason to efile; US mail screwups! The last year I paper filed my taxes (2005) I was on the phone with the IRS as much for my return as my clients! I am a sole practitioner and the IRS either didn’t receive (so they claimed) or lost (more likely) my sole proprietor form Schedule C. I had to mail (gasp!) them another copy before they would leave me alone. When the IRS says efiling is safe and secure, they mean from their keypunchers (who work at close to minimum wage and have no real incentive to do a good job except for their own personal desire to do a good job) as well as mail messups and identity theft! I have efiled ever since that 2005 disaster and have never had a problem since.

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