Forests saved: No more federal tax forms in the mail
Jan 28, 2011
Don’t expect to see a tax package from the IRS in your mailbox this filing season. The agency recently announced that it will no longer mail annual tax forms, including Publication 17, its hefty instruction booklet.
The IRS cited cost considerations for its decision as well as the growth in electronic filing, which eliminates the need for a paper form. In the last tax season, only 8 percent of filers had paper tax forms sent to them by mail. The rest either filed electronically, used a tax-preparation software program (which generates the forms), or had a tax preparer handle the job.
If you want to file a paper return this year, you can get the forms you need at local IRS offices, some libraries, and post offices. Or you can download them from the IRS website now.
The IRS cited cost considerations for its decision as well as the growth in electronic filing, which eliminates the need for a paper form. In the last tax season, only 8 percent of filers had paper tax forms sent to them by mail. The rest either filed electronically, used a tax-preparation software program (which generates the forms), or had a tax preparer handle the job.
If you want to file a paper return this year, you can get the forms you need at local IRS offices, some libraries, and post offices. Or you can download them from the IRS website now.
http://news.consumerreports.org/money/2011/01/no-more-tax-forms-in-the-mail.html
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