One quarter of all individual US tax returns so far this filing season are being processed by the Internal Revenue Service’s modernized account information computer system, it was announced on Wednesday.
Known as the Customer Account Data Engine, or CADE, the system has successfully processed 15.1 million individual tax returns through March 7, more than 25% of all those processed so far this year by the IRS.
The number of tax returns processed this year by CADE has already topped the 11.2 million returns the system handled for all of last year.
“This system is the centerpiece of our modernization efforts at the IRS,” stated Richard Spires, IRS Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support.
He continued: “CADE is handling significantly more tax returns each year. The long-term investment in this program is paying off with meaningful results for the American taxpayer.”
CADE, which is at the core of the effort to replace many of the agency’s ageing systems, dramatically speeds up internal IRS processing, permitting taxpayer accounts to update on a daily basis. The older system updates only on a weekly basis.
“This supports better customer service for the taxpayers, processes refunds quicker and helps the IRS better administer the nation’s tax system,” Spires added.
The IRS is rolling out CADE in a series of “releases,” each improving on and adding to the system capabilities.
The current release, launched in January, permits CADE to process certain 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ forms, as well as schedules C, E and F for Form 1040 and a number of other IRS schedules, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
CADE was created to replace the legacy Master File system, parts of which date back to the Kennedy Administration. CADE will eventually house the account information of more than 200 million individual and business taxpayers.
The IRS will process nearly 140 million individual tax returns in 2008 and collect approximately USD2 trillion in federal government revenue.
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