Now that we’ve moved further into the tax season, the supersized rush is abating.
As of Feb. 10, the IRS received 9.1% more returns than last year.
Now it’s just 2.6% more.
Here’s how the IRS is doing so far in tax season 2023.
Some of that has already gone toward enhancing technology and hiring more customer service representatives.
(The agencystruggled to pay timely refundslast year.)
By Feb. 17, it was up to $3,140.
Over 97% of the 36.9 million tax returns submitted so far in 2023 have been filed electronically.
About 41% of those were prepared by tax professionals, the remainder were self-prepared.
Visits to theIRS website, meanwhile, have declined 14.3% this season.
Read on:Why Your Tax Refund Could Be Smaller This Year
