Department of the Treasury  

Paper Check Reduction

Goal Leader: Timothy Gribben, Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

Goal Statement: Create a modern, seamless, and cost-effective Federal payment experience for Americans by:

• Reducing the number of paper checks printed by Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service to 49 million by the end of FY 2021, compared with 54 million in FY 2019; and
• Achieving an electronic payment rate of 96.1 percent by the end of FY 2021, compared with 95.6 percent in FY 2019, and an IRS electronic payment rate for individual taxpayer accounts of 79% by the end of FY 2021, compared with 77% in FY 2019.

Goal Action Plans & Progress Updates