Tax Pros E-file 52% of Returns

table of IRS dataRefunds are in the red.

By Beth Bellor
CPA Trendlines Research

This tax season looks a lot like the last, at least from the viewpoint of the Internal Revenue Service, which is eyeing roughly the same workload.

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As of March 24, the latest data available, the agency has received 80.7 million returns, down 0.8 percent from the same period in 2022. It has processed 80.4 million returns, up 1.9 percent.