@George4Tacks "Mail or e-mail is about the same amount of processing time."  I agree with that.  What I don't understand is why someone would claim on Thursday, "The mailed in paper return will take too long."  It could be there by now if it had been mailed then, right?  Perhaps there is a reason for the extreme urgency.  Maybe trying to catch up with the first amended return that someone else filed.  Would a couple days really make a difference?  We'll probably never know.