The IRS server load shows no signs of easing.
By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines
CPAs are marking the days until the end of busy season and over on the receiving side, the wheels keep turning.
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As of March 9, the latest data available, the IRS had received 69.5 million individual income tax returns, up 0.1 percent from the same period in 2017. It had processed 67.2 million returns, down 0.2 percent.
The processing rate for returns was 96.7 percent.
E-filings totaled 65.3 million, up 0.5 percent. Tax professionals filed 33.5 million of those, up 1.8 percent, and 31.8 million were self-prepared, up 3 percent.
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