IR-2014-44: As e-file Grows, IRS Receives Fewer Tax Returns on Paper

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April 3, 2014

Issue Number: IR-2014-44

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As e-file Grows, IRS Receives Fewer Tax Returns on Paper

WASHINGTON — As of March 28, the Internal Revenue Service has received 82 million returns through e-file, about 91 percent of returns filed this year. Only about 9 percent, 8.3 million returns, were filed on paper.

The IRS expects to receive about 148 million individual income tax returns this year and projects that 23 million returns will be on paper, down 7 percent from last year’s total of 25 million paper returns.

IRS e-file has accomplished many goals, including reducing the amount of paper the government must process. This reduction of paper processing allows the agency to be more efficient and use valuable resources to address other critical work.

The IRS reminds taxpayers that e-file is the safest, fastest and easiest way to submit their individual tax returns. Since 1990, taxpayers have e-filed more than 1 billion Form 1040 series tax returns safely and securely.

[The filing season statistics table follows.]

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2014 FILING SEASON STATISTICS
Cumulative statistics comparing 3/29/13 and 3/28/14
Individual Income Tax Returns:	2013		2014		% Change
Total Receipts	90,244,000		90,761,000		0.6
Total Processed	85,039,000		89,127,000		4.8

E-filing Receipts:
TOTAL	80,991,000		82,440,000		1.8
Tax Professionals	49,214,000		48,787,000		-0.9
Self-prepared	31,777,000		33,654,000		5.9

Web Usage:
Visits to IRS.gov	247,990,560		222,397,053		-10.3

Total Refunds:
Number	72,231,000		73,035,000		1.1
Amount	$201.502	billion	$206.785	billion	2.6
Average refund	$2,790		$2,831		1.5

Direct Deposit Refunds:
Number	61,133,000		61,223,000		0.1
Amount	$180.868	billion	$180.687	billion	-0.1
Average refund	$2,959		$2,951		-0.2

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