By the Numbers - A Quiz on Tax Facts

1. What is the estimated number of tax-paying households who hire professionals to do their paperwork?
2. How many taxpayers file their taxes by March 25?
3. How many taxpayers wait until April 15 to seek extensions?
4. Of those taxpayers who file early, how many say they do so to get a faster refund?
5. How many households file online?
6. How many taxpayers between the ages of 18 and 30 file online?
7. How many taxpayers pay their taxes by credit card?
8. How many taxpayers pay their taxes by debit or bank card?
9. How many taxpayers pay their taxes by money order?
10. How many taxpayers pay their taxes by personal check?

Answers:
1. 60%
2. more than 75%
3. less than 10%
4. more than 50%
5. 15%
6. more than 70%
7. 1%
8. 9%
9. 12%
10. 70%

From April 2006

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