Apparently after you finish reading the ol’ blog, many of you head right to your tax software program and file your returns. The latest weekly roundup of numbers from the IRS shows that taxpayers are submitting returns electronically from
home computers at a record pace.
That group is up almost 7 percent from the same
period last year, specifically the weeks ending
Overall, electronic filing this tax season has increased by nearly 4 percent over last year’s numbers, 78 percent in 2007 vs. 76 percent in 2006. Also contributing to that bump is a slight rise in the number of returns e-filed by tax professionals for their clients.
Direct deposit of refunds is more popular than ever, but they could be bigger. The IRS says many of the filers so far are still forgetting about the long-distance phone tax refund.
You can find the latest stat details in our "By the Numbers" feature in the upper right column.
