Paperwork is a term used to describe excessive, intricate or meticulous work with documents in an unnecessary and incidental way to more important tasks.[1][2]
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 is a United States federal law that gave authority over the collection of certain information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Within the OMB, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) was established with specific authority to regulate matters regarding federal information and to establish information policies. These information policies were intended to reduce the total amount of paperwork handled by the United States government and the general public.
A byproduct is that it has become harder to track internal transfers to tax havens in Consolidated Corporate Income Tax returns.