You can submit your return electronically, get the response from the IRS electronically, pay electronically. Yes, they use paper mail to set up your account, b

You can submit your return electronically, get the response from the IRS electronically, pay electronically. Yes, they use paper mail to set up your account, but the idea that the IRS remains limited to the exchange of paper is wrong. Source: a USA citizen living in Canada, with a USA tax accountant who submits my returns and paperwork electronically every year since 2010.