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March 03, 1999
Home Computer Filings
Top Last Year's Total
WASHINGTON - Taxpayers have already filed more tax returns from their home computers this year than they did during all of 1998, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Both e-filing and the average tax refund continue their upward trends.
More than 1.1 million taxpayers have e-filed returns from their own computers, topping last year's total of 942,000. These taxpayers either bought tax preparation software or filed through companies offering online tax services.
Taxpayers looking for information about electronic options should check the IRS Web site at www.irs.ustreas.gov.
Its Electronic Services page has links to various question-and-answer sections on
filing or paying electronically. It also has links to private sector
partners offering e-filing services.
As of Feb. 26, the IRS had accepted nearly 18.5 million e-filed returns, up 13.5 percent from this time last year. This total includes telephone and computer filings, both those done through tax professionals and those done by the taxpayers themselves.
The IRS has processed more than $43.5 billion in refunds, compared to $36.8 billion at this time last year. More than half of these taxpayers asked to have th eir refunds deposited directly to their bank accounts. The average tax refund -- $1729 -- is up 15.5 percent.
1999 FILING SEASON STATISTICS
Cumulative through the week ending 2/27/98 and 2/26/99
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1998 |
1999 |
% Change |
Individual Income Tax Returns |
Total Receipts |
38,761,000 |
39,058,000 |
0.8 |
Total Processed |
26,950,000 |
27,360,000 |
1.5 |
E-filing Receipts: |
TOTAL |
16,286,000 |
18,487,000 |
13.5 |
TeleFile (phone) |
4,102,000 |
3,869,000 |
- 5.7 |
Computer |
12,184,000 |
14,618,000 |
20.0 |
Tax Professionals |
11,765,000 |
13,509,000 |
14.8 |
Self-prepared |
419,000 |
1,109,000 |
164.8 |
Refunds Certified by the Martinsburg Computing Center: |
Number |
24,614,000 |
25,171,000 |
2.3 |
Amount of principal |
$36.836 billion |
$43.513 billion |
18.1 |
Average refund |
$1497 |
$1729 |
15.5 |
Direct Deposit Refunds: |
Number |
11,218,000 |
13,497,000 |
20.3 |
Amount |
$21.834 billion |
$29.290 billion |
34.1 |
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