tax tips for tax year 2008
Electronic Filing
More and more Americans are choosing e-file, which lets them electronically file a tax return or get a filing extension without sending any paper to the Internal Revenue Service.
Since 1999, the number of e-filed returns has nearly tripled and over the past decade the number of e-filers has increased four-fold.
|
Year |
Total Returns |
e-Filed Returns |
Percent E-filed |
|
1999 |
125,900,000 |
29,349,000 |
23.31% |
|
2000 |
128,430,000 |
35,412,000 |
27.57% |
|
2001 |
130,965,000 |
40,244,000 |
30.73% |
|
2002 |
131,728,000 |
46,892,000 |
35.60% |
|
2003 |
131,557,000 |
52,944,000 |
40.24% |
|
2004 |
132,200,000 |
61,507,000 |
46.53% |
|
2005 |
133,933,000 |
68,476,000 |
51.13% |
|
2006 |
136,071,000 |
73,255,000 |
53.84% |
|
2007 |
140,188,000 |
79,979,000 |
57.05% |
|
2008 |
155,490,000 |
89,886,000 |
57.80% |
You may e-file your return using one of the following methods:
- Tax Professional by consulting your tax preparer or finding a preparer listed as an “Authorized IRS e-file Provider” at www.irs.gov.
- Personal Computer by purchasing commercially available software from a retailer, downloading software from an Internet site and preparing your return offline, or preparing and filing your return online.
- Free file by preparing your taxes online at www.irs.gov without cost if you earned $56,000 or less in 2008.