Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for April 13, 2017
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April 13, 2017: During the first three months of 2017, 261 million Americans visited IRS.gov.[1] According to Alexa.com, traffic to the site has been steadily increasing as the deadline for filing taxes draws near. Over the past 30 days, IRS.gov has been the 124th most visited site in the United States. Worldwide, its Alexa rank is 607.[2]
The IRS anticipates that 153 million individual income tax returns will be filed this year.[3] However, by the end of March, only 94 million returns had been received.[1]
That means that about 59 million Americans will file their taxes or apply for an extension during the final two weeks before the April 18 deadline. Last year, 13 million Americans requested an extension for filing.[4] Most of them waited until the last minute in October before submitting their return.
The number of returns filed by the end of March is down 4 percent from a year ago.
- Yesterday's number looked at the 20 percent of Americans who bought groceries from online-only stores in 2016.
- Tuesday's number highlighted the average age of U.S. cars (11.2 years) and that number's implications for driverless cars.
- Monday's number looked at the $2,860 average income tax refund in 2016.
- Friday's number looked at the 33.4 percent of American adults with a college degree.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IRS, "Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending March 31, 2017," accessed April 11, 2017
- ↑ Alexa, "IRS.gov Traffic Statistics," accessed April 11, 2017
- ↑ IRS, "IRS and Partners Look to Start of 2017 Tax Season; Encourage use of IRS.gov and e-File; Warn of Refund Delays," January 5, 2017
- ↑ The New York Times, "It’s Almost Tax Day Again, for Those Who Postponed," October 21, 2016
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