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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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Tax Refund Totals Up 7%

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Individual amounts are up 5 percent.

By Beth Bellor

Winter is fading away but busy season remains with us.

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As of March 7, the latest data available, the Internal Revenue Service had received 61.4 million individual income tax returns, down 2.1 percent from the same period one year ago. It had processed 60.8 million returns, down 1.8 percent.
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Tax Pros Handle 46% of E-Filings

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Individual refunds are up 6 percent.

By Beth Bellor

Busy season is rolling along pretty much as usual.

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As of Feb. 28, the latest data available, the Internal Revenue Service had received 52.4 million individual income tax returns, down 3 percent from the same period in 2024. It had processed 51.8 million returns, down 2.7 percent.
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Tax Refund Totals Up 10%

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Tax pros hold 44 percent of the market, one-half percentage point less than a year ago.

By Beth Bellor

For the first time this busy season, the IRS is reporting not just refund numbers and average amounts but also the total amounts refunded. It’s good news: up 10 percent for both total and direct deposit refunds.

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As of Feb. 21, the most recent data available, the agency had received 42.7 million individual income tax returns, down 4.2 percent from the same period in 2024. It had processed 42.4 million returns, down 3.8 percent.
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Tax Refunds Plummet, but No Worries

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* Total tax returns processed includes returns received in the prior or current year and processed in 2025. # Total refunds issued represents refunds for returns received and processed in 2025, which reflects current year returns only. However, the number of direct deposit refunds represents refunds for both current and prior year returns processed in 2025, which makes this figure larger than the “total number of refunds” listed for the current year.

 

Tax pros handling 41% of e-filings.

By Beth Bellor

Refunds, the one bright spot of the 2025 tax season so far, have dropped, and not just a little – 31 percent and more.

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Of course the IRS has an explanation. It’s a plausible one and, as usual, tied to timing.

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