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Tax Refund Totals Up 4%

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Electronic filings take a dip.

By Beth Bellor

In the last days of Tax Season 2025, processed returns and e-filings by tax professionals both slipped back into the negative.

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As of April 11, the Internal Revenue Service had received 117.6 million individual income tax returns, down 1.7 percent from the same period in 2024. It had processed 116.3 million returns, down 1.5 percent.
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Refunds Up 5% as Tax Returns Top 100 Million

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Tax professionals still edge out DIYers.

By Beth Bellor

As the tax season slipped into April, the number of individual income tax returns filed topped 100 million.

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The Internal Revenue Service had received 101.4 million returns as of April 4, the latest data available, down 0.4 percent from the same period in 2024. It had processed 100.3 million returns, up 0.2 percent.
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Tax Pros Rev Up Filing Pace as DIYers Lag

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The IRS changes how it tallies website traffic.

By Beth Bellor

Tax professionals have held the e-filing edge over DIYers this season, and now they’ve surpassed their own 2024 rate for the first time.

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The IRS received 89.6 million individual income tax returns, down 0.8 percent from the comparable period in 2024 ending March 28. It processed 88.5 million returns, down 0.3 percent. Tax professionals are holding on to a half-point lead in market share over DIYers, with about 51.3 percent of total returns filed so far this year against 51.8 percent a year ago. READ MORE →

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Tax Returns Nearly Match 2024 Rates

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Refunds still are the only positives.

By Beth Bellor

Tax season grinds on and the number of returns is about the same as last year, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

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The agency had received 79.6 million individual income tax returns as of March 21 – the latest data available – down 1.1 percent from the same period in 2024. It had processed 78.7 million returns, down 0.7 percent.
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Tax Pros Edge DIYers in E-Filings

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Refunds average around 5 percent over last year.

By Beth Bellor

Can you say paperless? Only 2.7 percent of individual income tax returns come into the Internal Revenue Service by paper anymore, and only 3 percent of refund recipients request paper checks.

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The agency received 70.4 million individual income tax returns as of March 14 – the latest data available – down 1.7 percent from the same period in 2024. It processed 69.6 million returns, down 1.4 percent.
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