Selected figures from this year's individual tax filing season through April 5 and comparison with the same period last year:
Returns filed=
_79.7 million, up 4.3 percent.
Electronic filing=
_Total, 39 million, up 14.4 percent.
_Computer, 35.5 million, up 17 percent.
_Telephone, 3.6 million, down 6.2 percent.
_Self-prepared, 7.1 million, up 39 percent.
_Tax professionals, 28.3 million, up 12.5 percent.
Refunds=
_Number: 64.6 million, up 4.7 percent.
_Total: $126 billion, up 17.6 percent.
_Average: $1,954, up 12.3 percent.
_Direct deposit: 32.5 million, up 15.5 percent.
_Direct deposit amount: $77.1 billion, up 26.6 percent.
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Source: Internal Revenue Service.
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