The handheld and the cell phone are on your bedstand at night while sleeping. So, it stands to reason you want your tax return to reflect your modern approach. There are a number of paperless or less-paper options. You can pay a tax professional to file your return. You can use your personal computer, or you can use a telephone to file, using the IRS TeleFile system.
Many tax professionals file returns electronically for their clients.
You can prepare your return yourself and have the pro transmit it for you. Or you can have the preparer do your return and send it out. The IRS wants more people to use electronic filing, or e-file, which uses automation to replace the steps needed to process paper returns. The government says this produces more accurate processing, more quickly. With the e-file system, a refund is generally expected to be turned around in half the time of a paper return, in as little as ten days.