Originally Posted by MCO_David

Tell me about it, I'm still wondering how a check mailed early morning could have made it out of my account right at 11PM the same day! The postal clerk I asked a few days later told me they send all IRS mail to a single location where they actually do instant bank transfer after scanning all the checks they get.

It's like PayPal instant transfer who used to take a couple of days, which now are taken out almost as fast as a credit card authorization on the same day!