A SPECIAL REPORT: TAXES
FAST FILING: Submitting income tax returns by computer has caught on in Orange County. . . . Although there are more than two weeks left to file returns, the Internal Revenue Service’s Laguna Niguel district office reports already receiving far more electronic returns than last year. . . . The reason? “Economic times are tougher here, and people want their refunds quicker,” says an IRS spokesman. . . . On the other side of the coin, this is the first year that taxpayers who owe money can file by computer.
Electronic Returns
Number of computerized filings of federal tax forms through the Laguna Niguel district office so far this year compared to previous years:
1989: 10,536
1990: 120,148
1991: 167,631
1992: 240,000
Source: Internal Revenue Service
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