GAO gives IRS mixed grades for 2007 tax filing season

Despite a sharp increase in the number of returns filed and calls made because of the stimulus plan that resulted in checks being sent to most households, the IRS had a generally successful season, GAO said in a recent report. Most taxpayers filed their returns electronically, and the number of electronic tax returns climbed in 2008. But an influx of almost 9 million returns filed only for the stimulus payment, most of them on paper, kept the overall percentage of electronic filings flat at 59 percent for 2008.

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