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refunds average around 5 percent over last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n
by beth bellor<\/em><\/p>\n
can you say paperless? only 2.7 percent of individual income tax returns come into the internal revenue service by paper anymore, and only 3 percent of refund recipients request paper checks.<\/p>\n
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the agency received 70.4 million individual income tax returns as of march 14 \u2013 the latest data available \u2013 down 1.7 percent from the same period in 2024. it processed 69.6 million returns, down 1.4 percent.
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refunds average around 5 percent over last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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the agency received 70.4 million individual income tax returns as of march 14 \u2013 the latest data available \u2013 down 1.7 percent from the same period in 2024. it processed 69.6 million returns, down 1.4 percent.
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