You need to postmark your forms by the due date, not have it in the hands of the IRS. If it takes a few days to get in the mail, a few days (weeks?) for it to b

You need to postmark your forms by the due date, not have it in the hands of the IRS. If it takes a few days to get in the mail, a few days (weeks?) for it to be scanned and OCR...that's less days left to audit you. That is one of my understanding why someone may file by paper.