BARCODE Efficiency Act

This bill requires the IRS to use barcodes and scanning technology to turn paper tax returns and letters into digital information more quickly. Tax returns that are prepared on a computer but then printed and mailed in on paper would need to include a scannable barcode, and the IRS would have to scan that barcode to capture the data electronically. For paper returns and letters that were not prepared on a computer, the IRS would need to use technology similar to what reads printed text and converts it into digital form. However, the IRS does not have to use these technologies if they turn out to be slower or less reliable than the methods the IRS already uses, as long as the IRS explains that decision in a report to Congress.

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