For the tax-filing season thus far, about 96 percent of taxpayers have e-filed, up from 91 percent at approximately the same point a year ago.
“It’s early in the season, and nearly all returns filed at this time of year are e-filed,” said Rhode Island Tax Administrator David M. Sullivan. “Still, the early results show that e-filing continues to be popular. The more taxpayers learn about e-filing, the more they like it,” Sullivan said. E-filing saves taxpayers money: processing an e-filed return costs far less than processing a paper return, he said.
Filing season 2012
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Filing season 2013
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Difference
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E-filed returns
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207,090
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212,263
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+ 2.5%
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Paper returns
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15,440
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6,034
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- 60.9%
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2-D barcode returns
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4,362
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2,591
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- 40.6%
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Total returns:
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226,892
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220,888
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- 2.6%
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Cumulative figures for tax year
2011 returns filed through February 29, 2012, and tax year 2012 returns filed
through March 6, 2013.
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