@BobKamman ... I think you are completely missing the point here.

First of all, no one is talking about "paper returns" here, except for you.

Secondly, you appear to be a very angry person towards IRS agents and their sometimes unnecessary requests. I hear your 50 years of anger & frustration, but please understand that I am not here to debate with you about your 50 years of filing paper retuns compared to my conversations with an actual IRS agent.