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April 25, 2006
2006 Tax Filing Season Sets Records
WASHINGTON -
The Internal Revenue Service announced today the recently completed 2006 filing season set a series of records, highlighted by 70 million tax returns being filed electronically this year and home computer usage jumping 18 percent.
The jump in e-file reflected a larger increase in the use of electronic services. The IRS saw new records for in filings from home computers and the use of IRS.gov.
�We saw a surge of e-filing at the end of the tax season, particularly with people using software on home computers. Compared to recent years, we had much more e-filing in the weeks leading up to the deadline, signaling that more balance due filers are embracing this service,� said IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson. �Overall, we received more tax returns electronically this year than the number of paper returns we processed for the entire United States in 1966. E-file is changing the way the nation does taxes.�
�E-filing complemented the hard work of IRS workers, tax professionals and tax volunteers during the tax season,� Everson said. �I�d like to thank these people for their hard work and dedication.�
The 70 million e-file returns accepted through April 21 topped the 68.5 million electronic returns received for all of 2005. The agency expects the e-file number to increase before the close of the e-file season in October. Taxpayers who filed for extensions can use e-file until Oct. 16.
Through April 21, 2006, the IRS had received:
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70 million returns through IRS e-file � up 6 percent from the same time last year.
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Almost 20 million taxpayers filed from a home computer � up 18 percent from the same time last year and almost 3 million more than for all of 2005. The IRS will continue to receive returns filed from home computers until October 16.
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50 million returns from tax professionals, up 9 percent from the same period last year.
By April 21, the IRS had issued 85 million refunds averaging $2,237 per refund. More than 60 percent � 53 million � were issued through direct deposit, representing a 7 percent increase from last year. Direct deposit gets refunds to the taxpayer a week sooner than issuing a check.
Usage of IRS.gov, this filing season climbed more than 7 percent. So far this year, there have been 122 million visits to IRS.gov, up from 113 million for the same period last year. [Note: Attached are the filing season statistics for the week ending April 21, 2006.]
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4/22/05
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4/21/06
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Percent Change
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Total Receipts
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120,133,000
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122,721,000
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2.2
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Total Processed
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100,299,000
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102,148,000
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1.8
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E-filing Receipts
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TOTAL
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65,961,000
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70,069,000
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6.2
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Tax Professionals
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46,013,000
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50,333,000
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9.4
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Self-prepared
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16,668,000
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19,736,000
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18.4
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Telefile
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3,280,000
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NA
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NA
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Web Usage
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Visits to IRS.gov
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113,340,718
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121,859,609
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7.5
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Total Refunds
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Number
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84,741,000
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85,151,000
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0.5
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Amount
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$181.711 billion
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$190.521 billion
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4.8
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Average
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$2,144
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$2,237
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4.3
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Direct Deposit Refunds
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Number
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49,400,000
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53,056,000
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7.4
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Amount
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$125.098 billion
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$138.304 billion
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10.6
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Average
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$2,532
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$2,607
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2.9
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