2008 Tax Filing Season: E-filing Up 12.0%, IRS Web Site Visits Up 44.5%

The IRS announced today (IR-2008-73) that the just-finished 2008 filing season set records:

• e-filing:  86.35 million returns, up 12.0% from last year
  • 59.98 million of these were prepared by tax professionals, up 9.2%
  • 26.37 million of these were self-prepared, up 19.1%
• web usage:  205.65 million hits to IRS.gov, up 44.5%

2008 FILING SEASON STATISTICS
Cumulative through the weeks ending 5/18/07 and 5/16/08
Individual Income Tax Returns	2007	2008	% Change
Total Receipts	129,150,000	143,138,000	10.8%
Total Processed	119,827,000	130,342,000	8.8%
E-filing Receipts:
TOTAL	77,076,000	86,347,000	12.0%
Tax Professionals	54,932,000	59,975,000	9.2%
Self-prepared	22,145,000	26,372,000	19.1%
Web Usage:
Visits to IRS.gov	142,282,000	205,654,000	44.5%