Tax Pros Preparing 58 Percent of E-Filings

Chart of IRS data for week ending April 8.
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More than 97 percent of individual filed returns have been processed.

By CPA Trendlines

The tax season is groaning to a close and that is reflected in the slowing of most 2016 filing season statistics.

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The IRS had received 107.45 million individual income tax returns as of April 8, down 3 percent from the same period last year. It had processed 104.53 million returns, down 3.2 percent.