{"id":57922,"date":"2019-02-22t12:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-22t17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=57922"},"modified":"2023-10-26t09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26t13:22:00","slug":"tax-pros-efiling-drops-12-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2019\/02\/22\/tax-pros-efiling-drops-12-5\/","title":{"rendered":"1.6 million tax clients gone missing?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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^ tax filing data for the week ending feb. 8, 2019<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

opening days show accountants filed only 40% of irs intake. blame the\u00a0shutdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by beth bellor<\/i>
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the irs might have rushed into action as soon as the government shutdown ended, but it still is feeling the effects as all filing statistics remain on the downside two weeks in.<\/p>\n

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as of the week ending feb. 8\u00a0\u2013 the latest data available\u00a0\u2013 the internal revenue service had received 28.8 million returns, down 6.9 percent from the same week in 2018. it had processed 27 million returns, down 10.2 percent, for a processing rate of 93.8 percent.<\/p>\n


\ne-filings<\/strong><\/p>\n

e-filings totaled 27.6 million, down 7.1 percent. of those, tax pros handled 11 million, down 12.5 percent, while self-preparers filed 16.6 million returns, down 3.2 percent.<\/p>\n

of all individual income tax returns, 96 percent were filed electronically.<\/p>\n

tax pros’ share of e-filings was 39.9 percent.<\/p>\n

website visits<\/strong><\/p>\n

the irs may be hard to reach via phone but its website still is open. visits to irs.gov, at 106.4 million, were down 6.9 percent.<\/p>\n

refunds<\/strong><\/p>\n

refunds issued numbered 11.4 million, down 15.8 percent. the total amount of $22.2 billion was down 23.2 percent. average refunds at $1,949 were down 8.7 percent.<\/p>\n

direct deposit refunds numbered 10.8 million, down 14.9 percent. the total amount of $21.5 billion was down 22.8 percent. average refunds at $1,996 were down 9.2 percent.<\/p>\n

direct deposit made up 94.8 percent of refunds and 97.1 percent of the total amount refunded. the average direct deposit refund was 2.4 percent higher than those for paper filers.<\/p>\n

shutdown effects<\/strong><\/p>\n

the irs opened filing season immediately after the shutdown ended, but damage already had been done. much of it was detailed in national taxpayer advocate nina e. olson\u2019s 2018 annual report to congress<\/a>, released feb. 12 after a month\u2019s delay because of, well, you know. impacts included:<\/p>\n