With 4 Days Left, Tax Stats Were Still Down

Chart of IRS filing data for week ending April 14, 2017
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Pros move ahead in e-filings.

By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines

With only days left to go in the 2017 tax season, the Internal Revenue Service still was seeing most statistics land below 2016 levels.

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According to data from the week ending April 14, the latest available, the only figures on the positive side remained total refunds and average refund per taxpayer.