The IRS yesterday released Two Out of Three Individuals Now Using IRS e-File (IR-2009-99):

Individuals e-filed a record 95 million federal income tax returns during 2009, up almost 6% from last year’s total of nearly 90 million. About two out of three taxpayers e-filed this year; out of the 141 million returns filed so far this year, over 67% were e-filed, compared to 59% last year.

Year Filed	Total Returns	e-Filed Returns	Percent e-filed
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	153,650,000	89,853,000	58.48%
2009	141,376,000	94,980,000	67.18%

2009 FILING SEASON STATISTICS
Cumulative through the weeks ending 10/17/08 and 10/16/09
Individual Income Tax Returns	2008		2009		% Change
Total Receipts	153,650,000		141,376,000		-8.0%
Total Processed	152,759,000		140,718,000		-7.9%
E-filing Receipts:
TOTAL	89,853,000		94,980,000		5.7%
Tax Professionals	62,932,000		62,786,000		-0.23%
Self-prepared	26,921,000		32,193,000		19.6%
Web Usage:
Visits to IRS.gov	323,463,010		266,631,821		-17.57%
Total Refunds:
Number	106,200,000		110,071,000		3.6%
Amount	$251.827	Billion	$303.069	Billion	20.3%
Average refund	$2,371		$2,753		16.1%
Direct Deposit Refunds:
Number	66,240,000		72,717,000		9.8%
Amount	$179.708	Billion	$217.915	Billion	21.3%
Average refund	$2,713		$2,997		10.5%