Filing factsAs we rapidly approach April 17, most of you are busy mailing or transmitting your clients' tax returns. By April 18, you'll probably breathe a sigh of relief that the filing season is winding down. As your filing season draws to a close, ours is just reaching its peak. It's still too early for comprehensive statistics about the 2007 filing season, but here are the facts on how the 2006 filing season shaped up (January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006):
2006 Return processing statistics
| Returns filed: | |
| Corp. returns | 1.2 million |
| Personal Income Tax (PIT) returns* | 15.0 million |
| Electronic PIT returns | 8.9 million (60 percent) |
| Paper PIT returns | 6.0 million |
| Return preparation: | |
| Tax professional-prepared | 68 percent |
| Self-prepared | 32 percent |
| CalFile | 111,529 |
| ReadyReturn 5,001 e-filed 5,581 paper-filed |
10,582 |
| PIT refunds issued | 9.7 million |
| PIT average refund | $812 |
| Total General Fund | $60.2 billion |
* All current year personal income tax returns (less fiduciary returns). |
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2006 Service statistics
| Number of ftb.ca.gov Web visits | 7.2 million |
| Number of CA Tax Service Center www.taxes.ca.gov Web visits | 494,153 |
| Number of forms downloaded | 6.5 million |
| Number of e-installment agreements | 13,879 |
| Contact center phone calls | 1.7 million |
| Phone calls answered by the automated response system These calls are routed to specific programs for resolution:
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6.0 million |
| Number of field office contacts | 124,745 |
| Taxpayer Advocate cases (Includes 2,334 emails addressed to Advocate and Executive Officer) |
8,709 |