40 million US taxpayers file online

The US Internal Revenue Service reports that almost 40 million US taxpayers filed electronically this year. That is about 31 percent of the 130 million total returns. Official projections had run a few million higher but the total was up from the 30.7 million returns filed last year. The IRS likes e-filings because, reportedly, 99 percent of e-filings are without error while 15 to 20 percent of paper returns have problems. Both paper and electronic returns cost about the same to process.

The source article is at thestandard.com.