IRS: 72 percent of Alabamians e-filing tax returns

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service says more
than 72 percent of Alabama’s taxpayers filed their federal tax
returns electronically during 2009.
    Oct. 15 was the deadline for e-filing returns covering the 2008
tax year. The IRS reported that Alabamians filed a record of 1.53
million federal income tax returns electronically. That’s out of a
total of 2.11 million returns.
    Alabama’s 72 percent figure for e-filing is higher than the
national average of 67 percent. IRS spokesman Dan Boone said one
reason is Alabama’s Revenue Department requires large tax preparers
to provide e-filing. Boone said that’s not the case in all states.