Individual taxpayers in the United States e-filed a record 95 million federal income tax returns during 2009, up almost 6% from last year’s total of nearly 90 million, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced.
According to the IRS, about two out of three taxpayers e-filed this year, and out of the 141 million returns filed so far this year, over 67% were e-filed, compared to 59% last year.
There has been a year-on-year rise in the number of taxpayers choosing to e-file their tax returns. While the total number of tax returns has increased 10% during the past decade, the number filed electronically has increased by 168%.
In 2000, just over one-quarter (27.5%) of individual tax returns were filed electronically.
Taxpayers who e-file from a home computer continue to be an increasingly significant segment of those who e-file. More than 32 million returns were e-filed from home computers, up almost 20% from last year’s record of 27 million and representing more than one-third (34%) of all e-filers.
Almost 73 million refunds were electronically deposited into taxpayer accounts. These direct deposit refunds accounted for 66% of all refunds, up from 62% of refunds last year.
Overall, the IRS issued 110 million refunds, averaging USD2,753 per refund; direct deposit refunds averaged USD2,997 per refund.
More than 3 million taxpayers filed their tax returns for free through the IRS free file program.
This year for the first time, taxpayers could also file directly to the IRS by completing a Form 1040 on the IRS website; 273,000 taxpayers used this new way to file.
However, the IRS's filing statistics show that so far, the total number of individual income tax returns filed is 8% down on last year, and, despite the increasing use of e-file facilities, visits to the IRS website are almost 18% lower this year compared to 2008.
Another notable statistic is that there has been a 20% increase in self-prepared electronic tax returns filed with the IRS compared to last year.
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