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IRS: More Taxpayers Filing from Home Computers in 2014

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

Cumulative statistics comparing 3/08/13 and 3/07/14

Individual Income Tax Returns:

2013

2014

% Change

Total Receipts

 

67,143,000

67,183,000

0.1

Total Processed

60,944,000

65,662,000

 7.7

 

 

 

 

E-filing Receipts:

 

 

 

TOTAL           

61,488,000

62,213,000

1.2

Tax Professionals

35,585,000

34,816,000

-2.2

Self-prepared

25,903,000

27,397,000

5.8

 

 

 

 

Web Usage:

 

 

 

Visits to IRS.gov

197,651,780

181,196,235

-8.3

 

 

 

 

Total Refunds:

 

 

 

Number

53,447,000

55,434,000

3.7

Amount

$154.696

Billion

$164.586

Billion

6.4

Average refund

$2,894

$2,969

2.6

 

 

 

 

Direct Deposit Refunds:

 

 

 

Number

47,177,000

47,976,000

1.7

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

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