With deadline on horizon, filing climbs

More tax returns are being filed compared with last year, and more are being e-filed, according to new figures from the Rhode Island Division of Taxation. As of March 21, a total of 329,375 Rhode Island personal income tax returns had been filed, up about 4 percent from the comparable point last filing season.

The number of e-filed returns is up 8.7 percent over last year. And so far this season, e-filing represents about 86.6 percent of all filings, compared with 82.8 percent at this point last year. The number of returns filed on paper continues to decline. This year’s filing deadline is April 17.

	Filing season 2011	Filing season 2012	Difference
E-filed returns	262,425	285,300	+  8.7%
Paper returns (no barcode)	39,122	30,637	- 21.7%
Paper returns (with barcode)	15,285	13,438	- 12.1%
Total:	316,832	329,375	+  3.9%

         Cumulative figures for filing seasons through March 23, 2011, and March 21, 2012.