IRS: More Taxpayers Filing from Home Computers in 2014
IRS: More Taxpayers Filing from Home Computers in 2014
More than 27 million taxpayers have filed their tax returns from home computers so far this year, an increase of almost 6 percent compared to last year.
These 27 million taxpayers used a variety of software products to prepare and e-file their own returns.
The total number of individual income tax returns e-filed so far this year is 62.2 million. E-file includes both returns filed from home computers and returns e-filed by professional tax return preparers. [The filing season statistics table follows.]
2014 FILING SEASON STATISTICS |
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Cumulative statistics comparing 3/08/13 and 3/07/14 |
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Individual Income Tax Returns: |
2013 |
2014 |
% Change |
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Total Receipts |
67,143,000 |
67,183,000 |
0.1 |
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Total Processed |
60,944,000 |
65,662,000 |
7.7 |
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E-filing Receipts: |
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TOTAL |
61,488,000 |
62,213,000 |
1.2 |
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Tax Professionals |
35,585,000 |
34,816,000 |
-2.2 |
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Self-prepared |
25,903,000 |
27,397,000 |
5.8 |
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Web Usage: |
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Visits to IRS.gov |
197,651,780 |
181,196,235 |
-8.3 |
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Total Refunds: |
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Number |
53,447,000 |
55,434,000 |
3.7 |
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Amount |
$154.696 |
Billion |
$164.586 |
Billion |
6.4 |
Average refund |
$2,894 |
$2,969 |
2.6 |
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Direct Deposit Refunds: |
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Number |
47,177,000 |
47,976,000 |
1.7 |
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Amount |
$142.861 |
Billion |
$146.305 |
Billion |
2.4 |
Average refund |
$3,028 |
$3,050 |
0.7 |
Source: Internal Revenue Service at http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/More-Taxpayers-Filing-from-Home-Computers-in-2014--Many-Taxpayers-Eligible-to-Use-Free-File