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Assignment:

Tasks

1. The Internal Revenue Service provided the Telefile system for the federal government from 1997 to 2005.

2. Taxpayers who submitted IRS Form 1040EZ through Telefile were able to phone in their returns using a touch-tone phone.

3. The general shift toward electronically filing tax returns prompted the IRS to end the Telefile program.

4. Numerous state Telefile systems have been phased out. Telefile services are available in a few states for specific uses.

5. Texas, for instance, requires sales tax returns to be filed using a Telefile number; however, businesses with no sales can only use this number to report.

6. In the late 1990s, the federal government and some state governments started offering a program called Telefile, which allowed taxpayers to file their taxes over the phone.

7. Compared to the system that required taxpayers to mail in their returns, filing taxes over the phone was simpler and regarded as a technological advancement.

8. Taxes can now be filed online thanks to the rise of the internet, making phone filing quickly obsolete.

9. Individuals no longer have the option to file their federal tax forms over the phone because Telefile is no longer in operation.

10. Despite the fact that the IRS still operates a phone help line, the agents are only available to answer questions and not to accept your tax return.