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tax refund totals up 4%
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
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
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.
more: tax returns nearly match 2024 rates | tax pros edge diyers in e-filings | tax refund totals up 7% | tax pros handle 46% of e-filings | tax refund totals up 10% | tax refunds plummet, but no worries | tax refunds up 18% early on | first tax filing reports are in
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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 →
tax returns nearly match 2024 rates
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.
more: tax pros edge diyers in e-filings | tax refund totals up 7% | tax pros handle 46% of e-filings | tax refund totals up 10% | tax refunds plummet, but no worries | tax refunds up 18% early on | first tax filing reports are in
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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
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%
individual amounts are up 5 percent.
by beth bellor
winter is fading away but busy season remains with us.
more: tax pros handle 46% of e-filings | tax refund totals up 10% | tax refunds plummet, but no worries | tax refunds up 18% early on | first tax filing reports are in
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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
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%
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
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.
more: tax refunds up 18% early on | first tax filing reports are in
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of course the irs has an explanation. it’s a plausible one and, as usual, tied to timing.
tax refunds up 18% early on
most other tallies are down by around 7 percent.
by beth bellor
once again, refunds are up and everything else is down in the world of individual income tax returns.
more: first tax filing reports are in
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at the close of the second week of tax season, the irs had received 23.6 million returns, down 7.7 percent from the same week in 2024. it had processed 23.5 million returns, down 7.6 percent, which includes returns received in 2024 or 2025 and processed this year.
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first tax filing reports are in
refunds are up; everything else is down.
by beth bellor
accounting profession sees some job losses
payroll earnings up 11 percent.
by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
a bit up here, a bit down there is the story for january employment figures, the most recent data available. professional and business services saw little change, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 143,000 and the national unemployment rate ticked down to 4.0 percent.
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there are 1,144,700 people employed in the accounting profession as of january, up 600 for the month but down 9,500 or 0.8 percent for the year. they average 35 hours, down 6 minutes for the month and 1 hour or 2.8 percent for the year. they earn $42.79, up 12 cents for the month and $1.58 or 3.8 percent for the year.
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