Tax Pro E-Filing Down 10%

Chart of IRS filing data
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Refunds are the only figure tracking higher this year.

By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines

The e-filing margin between tax professionals and self-preparers is narrowing. Still, the pace of e-filing by tax professionals is running 10% behind the same time last year.

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As of March 3, the IRS had received 61.1 million individual income tax returns, down 8.5 percent from the same period last year, although 2017 has had four fewer processing days so we’re comparing oranges to tangerines.