For the 2008 tax year (filed by April 15, 2009), over 90 million taxpayers filed their tax returns by e-filing. This amount is higher than last year’s by approximately 6%.
This record high amount could be due to ever-increasing tech-savy taxpayers or simply because the tough economy has caused people to save money by preparing their tax returns using computer software instead of going to their friendly lawyer, accountant, or tax office.
The following chart is based on the statistics provided by the IRS.
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2009 FILING SEASON STATISTICS |
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Cumulative through the weeks ending 4/25/08 and 4/24/09 |
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| Individual Income Tax Returns |
2008 |
2009 |
% Change |
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| Total Receipts |
139,928,000 |
131,543,000 |
-6.0% |
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| Total Processed |
119,100,000 |
117,014,000 |
-1.8% |
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| E-filing Receipts: |
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| TOTAL |
85,606,000 |
90,639,000 |
5.9% |
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| Tax Professionals |
59,444,000 |
59,439,000 |
-0.01% |
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| Self-prepared |
26,162,000 |
31,200,000 |
19.3% |
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| Web Usage: |
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| Visits to IRS.gov |
168,069,815 |
190,905,950 |
13.6% |
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| Total Refunds: |
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| Number |
93,183,000 |
96,673,000 |
3.7% |
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| Amount |
$220.958 |
Billion |
$259.348 |
Billion |
17.4% |
| Average refund |
$2,371 |
$2,683 |
13.1% |
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| Direct Deposit Refunds: |
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| Number |
62,795,000 |
68,646,000 |
9.3% |
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| Amount |
$168.847 |
Billion |
$202.395 |
Billion |
19.9% |
| Average refund |
$2,689 |
$2,948 |
9.7% |
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