in its first sounding on tax season 2013, the irs says filings are coming in faster this year. and that may be true enough. as of feb. 7, the irs received 27.3 million returns, up 2.5 percent compared to the same time last year. electronically filed returns account for almost 96 percent of those filed so far this year.
but filing by professionals is actually running behind last year, by about 5.6%, and without the crushing effects of last year’s government shutdown.
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