The IRS Electronic Filing System: IRIS

As promised, IRS introduced its online filing program for returns, beginning in January 2023. It’s called IRIS (Information Return Intake System) and is an alternative to the older FIRE system. The FIRE system required that filers implement special software or programming to be able to create an electronic file compliant with the IRS’s file format. (See Publication 1220 for more information on FIRE.) IRIS, on the other hand, allows a filer to input information right on-screen or prepare a…