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BobKamman
Level 15
03-22-2024
06:29 PM
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The urban legend persists that electronic filing significantly speeds up the processing of amended returns. What you gain is 2 or 3 days in the mail, and maybe a couple days for IRS to open the envelope and scan the form into the system. Certainly, not enough to justify the heroic efforts of those who would go to great lengths to avoid paper filing. Here is an excerpt from a TIGTA report released this week:
All amended individual tax returns are screened either by the Submission Processing function or systemically for electronically filed forms, and those that meet certain criteria are routed to the Accounts Management function. Amended business returns are filed on paper or electronically but are only worked by the Accounts Management function. While amended returns are received electronically, or are scanned into IRS systems, the forms are still processed manually.
