Tax Filings, Processing Remain Slower

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Tax pros hold the edge in e-filings, but still on the decline.

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By CPA Trendlines

The IRS continues to grind through individual income tax returns nearly as quickly as it receives them, with about 97.2 percent completion.

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For the week ending March 18, 81.96 million returns had been received, down 0.4 percent from the same period last year. Of those, 79.63 million had been processed, down 1 percent.