Most Tax Season Filing Stats Down

Chart of IRS filing statistics for week ending April 15, 2016
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Pros still favored over self-preparation among e-filers.

By CPA Trendlines

With only days left in the 2016 tax filing season, virtually every statistic remained down from last season.

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As of April 15, the IRS had received 124.62 million individual income tax returns, down 5.8 percent. It had processed 119.92 million, down 4.9 percent. The processing rate for 2016 stands at 96.2 percent.