half of e-filings go through tax pros

irs filing data for week ending march 2, 2018direct deposits down from their usual range.

by beth bellor
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with a full month of tax filings in the books, there aren’t any surprises.

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by the end of week 5 on march 2, the irs had received 61.2 million individual income tax returns, up 0.1 percent from the same period last year. it had processed 59 million, down 0.1 percent.
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irs e-filing stats approaching 2017 levels

chart of irs filing data for the week ended feb. 23, 2018tax pros continue to increase their share of the market.

by beth bellor
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taxpayers are keeping the irs hopping.

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even with six fewer days so far, the number of individual income tax returns filed in 2018 had nearly met 2017 levels by the end of week 4.
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tax pros keep gaining in 2018

chart of irs filing data for the week ending feb. 16, 2018direct deposit ticks up, irs processing dips.

by beth bellor
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three weeks into the filing season, tax professionals are starting to carve out a larger share of electronic filings.

more on tax season:  new tax law roils busy season 2018 | tax pros gain slight ground in e-filings | irs #fails at online services spell problems for professionals | irs warns about private debt collectors for tax season 2018
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the irs had received 41.7 million individual income tax returns as of feb. 16, the end of the third week of filing. that was down 1.8 percent from feb. 17, 2017, but there have been six fewer filing days this year so we’re holding up apples to pencil sharpeners in comparison.
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refunds up, filings down at end of tax season 2017

irs filing season data for week ending april 21, 2017
irs filing season data for week ending april 21, 2017

 

pros keep the edge in e-filings and some people just won’t give up paper.

by beth bellor
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a season of down notes for individual income tax returns ended the same way.

more tax season data: with 4 days left, tax stats were still down | refunds edge up as tax season winds down  | tax refunds catching up to last year | tax professionals accelerate filing pace as busy season heads for the home stretch | individual tax filings still lag behind 2016 | tax pros filing only 51% of e-returns | tax refunds up slightly | tax filings data looking less squirrely | tax return filings still lag, but pros hold 57% of market | tax filings down, but irs blames the calendar
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data for the week ending april 21, the week in which the filing deadline fell, was just released and it paints the same picture we’ve seen since january: overall returns and e-filings down, with refunds the only scant positives.
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with 4 days left, tax stats were still down

chart of irs filing data for week ending april 14, 2017
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pros move ahead in e-filings.

by beth bellor
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with only days left to go in the 2017 tax season, the internal revenue service still was seeing most statistics land below 2016 levels.

more tax season data: refunds edge up as tax season winds down  | tax refunds catching up to last year | tax professionals accelerate filing pace as busy season heads for the home stretch | individual tax filings still lag behind 2016 | tax pros filing only 51% of e-returns | tax refunds up slightly | tax filings data looking less squirrely | tax return filings still lag, but pros hold 57% of market | tax filings down, but irs blames the calendar
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according to data from the week ending april 14, the latest available, the only figures on the positive side remained total refunds and average refund per taxpayer.
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refunds edge up as tax season winds down

irs filing statistics for week ending april 7, 2017

pros hold on to 57% of e-filings.

by beth bellor
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the nationwide refund pool crept into positive territory, joining average refunds as the only statistics on the plus side.

more tax season data: tax refunds catching up to last year | tax professionals accelerate filing pace as busy season heads for the home stretch | individual tax filings still lag behind 2016 | tax pros filing only 51% of e-returns | tax refunds up slightly | tax filings data looking less squirrely
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the data are for the week ending april 7, the latest available.
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tax refunds catching up to last year

chart of of tax return data through march 31, 2017pros gain more ground in e-filings.

by beth bellor
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as tax season enters its final weeks, refunds remain the only positive figure on the chart.

more tax season data: tax professionals accelerate filing pace as busy season heads for the home stretch | individual tax filings still lag behind 2016 | tax pros filing only 51% of e-returns | tax refunds up slightly | tax filings data looking less squirrely | tax return filings still lag, but pros hold 57% of market | tax filings down, but irs blames the calendar
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however, the total amount refunded is within 1 percent of where it stood last year at this time.
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tax professionals accelerate filing pace as busy season heads for the home stretch

chart of irs tax filing data through march 24, 2017

still: everything down but refunds.

by beth bellor
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with busy season entering the last lap, tax professionals are only now starting to catch up with last year’s pace.

more tax season data: individual tax filings still lag behind 2016 | tax pros filing only 51% of e-returns | tax refunds up slightly | tax filings data looking less squirrely | tax return filings still lag, but pros hold 57% of market | tax filings down, but irs blames the calendar
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the latest count from the irs shows 43.4 million returns e-filed by professionals, down about 6 percent from the same year-ago period. but that’s an improvement from the previous report, which showed tax professionals trailing the year-ago pace by 7 percent.

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