E-filing

The Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring some financial forms that currently are allowed to be filed or submitted in paper format to be filed or submitted electronically.

The service decided to destroy the documents in March 2021 because of its inability to process its backlog of paper tax returns, according to a new report.

The service has revised Form 1024 to permit electronic filing and is beginning to require applications for tax-exempt status to be e-filed.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it will be rolling out the ability to electronically file the new Schedules K-2 and K-3 next year, but not at the beginning of the filing season.

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The service is beefing up the security requirements for tax pros using its system for electronically filing information returns.

The Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations lowering the threshold so more employers will need to electronically file information returns such as W-2 and 1099 forms instead of filing them on paper.

The advisory committee’s annual report to Congress highlights the dangers of cutting the service’s budget.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a revised Form 1024-A Tuesday, along with instructions permitting it to be filed electronically.

The Internal Revenue Service cautioned electronic return originators about a new identity theft scheme aimed at holders of Electronic Filing Identification Numbers from fraudsters posing as IRS contractors.

The service also estimates that more than 90 percent of individual returns were efiled this year.

The service is rolling out new systems and expanding forms that can be electronically filed by tax-exempt organizations.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers and practitioners some extra time if they tried to file their returns on Sept. 15 through CCH Axcess, but were unable to do so because of a system outage.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to mail out letters later this month to an estimated 9 million non-filers, encouraging them to claim their economic impact payments by an Oct. 15 deadline.

The Internal Revenue Service is temporarily allowing the use of digital e-signatures on some forms that can’t be filed electronically.

The service is now letting taxpayers submit Form 1040-X electronically when they want to file an amended tax return through commercial tax software.

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The IRS has been meaning to make the form electronically fileable for a number of years.