Last April, the IRS launched its Zero Paper Initiative to speed up paper tax return processing. The project isn’t going well.

Issuing a paper check costs about 50 cents, according to the Treasury Department. The cost drops down to less than 15 cents per electronic transfer. Tax law experts note that those who could struggle ...

We knew that it was coming—the IRS has officially announced that paper tax refund checks for individual taxpayers will be phased out beginning on September 30, 2025. This, the agency says, is the ...