ETA Modernization Efforts of Today Will Pay Off Tomorrow

Starting in 2001:

• Up-to-date authentication capabilities to support electronic filing, payments, and communications

• Secure infrastructure for “transactional” Internet business applications

• First transactional self-service applications for taxpayers on the Internet

• New business functionality to complement IRS’s legacy capabilities and to leverage new security infrastructure

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First increment of modernized ETA functionality should be available for the 2001 filing season.

Work is underway now with business and IT experts from Prime.

Congress has appropriated $503 million to begin IT modernization

CIO says ETA and Customer Service are priorities.

GAO reports that IRS is on the right track.