Tax Filings Data Looking Less Squirrely

Chart of IRS filing data for week ending Feb. 10, 2017
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Some refunds remain unreported, but filings are catching up.

By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines

Year-to-year differences in tax filing data are starting to level off.

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Four fewer reporting days in 2017 skewed results at first, but statistics for the week ending Feb. 10 show a difference in returns filed of around 17 percent, about half the 33 percent decline that led off the season.