Taxpayers will file 240 million federal tax returns and supplemental documents during calendar year 2009, according to projections from the IRS Office of Research, but that’s down 4.3 percent from estimated return filings of 250.8 million for 2008.
The number includes individual, corporation, partnership and estate tax returns, as well as extensions of time to file applications and amended returns.
“The primary cause of the large decrease in total returns from 2008 to 2009 is the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008,” wrote IRS operations research analyst Jeff Matsuo in the
No projections are available for filings that may occur as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.