Refunds Up, Filings Down at End of Tax Season 2017

IRS filing season data for week ending April 21, 2017
IRS filing season data for week ending April 21, 2017

 

Pros keep the edge in e-filings and some people just won’t give up paper.

By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines

A season of down notes for individual income tax returns ended the same way.

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Data for the week ending April 21, the week in which the filing deadline fell, was just released and it paints the same picture we’ve seen since January: overall returns and e-filings down, with refunds the only scant positives.