The Internal Revenue Service has really been trying to enter the electronic age. The IRS encourages taxpayers to file their tax returns electronically, promising quicker refunds.
Some taxpayers can file using the touch-tone keys of a telephone.
Tax refunds can now be deposited directly into your bank account. And, beginning this year, federal income taxes can be paid by credit card. But the IRS was given the responsibility for putting together a system for making tax payments via credit card. The system includes safeguards to keep credit and tax information confidential. Under the new procedures, the payment can be made one of two ways.