e-file for Business and Self-Employed Taxpayers

The individual IRS e-file program for filing tax year 2005 income tax returns ended October 16, 2009.

File Your 2008 Income Tax Return Electronically
IRS e-file begins January 12, 2009

• 73 million tax returns were e-filed in 2009! (20 million filed from home computers).
• Individual filers are also encouraged to check into Free File.
• Ask your tax professional about filing and paying electronically. Filing and paying electronically gets taxes done more accurately, quickly and efficiently. 
• Electronic filing and paying ensures that your tax information arrives and that your history is safe and secure.

More and more Americans have chosen e-file, which lets them electronically file an accurate tax return or get an extension of time to file without sending any paper to the Internal Revenue Service. The 2009 filing season set a series of records, highlighted by 73 million tax returns being filed electronically this year and home computer usage jumping 18 percent.

The jump in e-file reflected a larger increase in the use of electronic services. The IRS saw new records for in filings from home computers and the use of IRS.gov.

“We saw a surge of e-filing at the end of the tax season, particularly with people using software on home computers. Compared to recent years, we had much more e-filing in the weeks leading up to the deadline, signaling that more balance due filers are embracing this service,” said IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson. “Overall, we received more tax returns electronically this year than the number of paper returns we processed for the entire United States in 1966. E-file is changing the way the nation does taxes.”

“E-filing complemented the hard work of IRS workers, tax professionals and tax volunteers during the tax season,” Everson said. “I’d like to thank these people for their hard work and dedication.”