IRS Seeks Comments on Tax Form Paperwork Burden
Published Date: 8/25/2026
Notice
Summary
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the IRS is inviting comments on the information collection request outlined in this notice.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated Tax-Filing Time and Money Burden
The IRS estimates that preparing and filing individual income tax returns involves about 11 hours 27 minutes per filer for roughly 170,400,000 filers, totaling about 1,950,000,000 hours annually. The IRS preliminarily values that time at $44,242,000,000, adds $51,234,000,000 in out-of-pocket costs, and reports a preliminary total monetized burden of $95,476,000,000; written comments are due October 26, 2026.
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