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Details how forecasts by return type are prepared using actual and predicted filing counts, reflecting changes in filing patterns, economic and demographic trends, and legislation. 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Total return volume from CY 1998 through CY 2004 is to grow at an average annual rate of 1.2 percent to 239.0 million total returns by CY 2004.\u003Cbr>Projections of tax returns filed by major form type are prepared annually by the IRS Research Division staff under the National Director, Compliance Research [1] . IRS employs both the actual and forecasted return countsin budgeting, planning, and resource optimization decisions and in meeting broader management information and analysis needs. These forecasts reflect changes in filing patterns, in economic and demographic trends, and in legislation and certain IRS administrative procedures. The projections were prepared in early fall 1997 at which time only partial year 1997 counts were available. Calendar year projections are for the year in which returns are processed, rather than the tax year covered by the information reported on the return [2] .\u003Cbr>IndividualForm1040ReturnSeries\u003Cbr>The U.S. projection for the individual Form 1040 return series (i.e., sum of“paper”Forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, 1040PC, plus total electronically filed individual returns) in CY 1998 is 123.5 million, up from the estimated 121.0 million filed in CY 1997. This is an increase of 2.1 percent, as shown in the Figure A summary of 1998 projections. The average annual growth rate of the individual Form 1040 return series from CY 1998 through CY 2004 in Figure C is projected at 1.4 percent.\u003Cbr>ExpansionofTeleFile\u003Cbr>TeleFile, which became available nationwide in CY 1996, is a technology giving certain taxpayers who file short Form 1040EZ the option of filing their returns using touch-tone telephones. The system accommodates qualifying Form 1040EZ filers, including those who claim the earned income tax credit. In general, Form 1040EZ is used by taxpayers with no dependents; taxable income less than $50,000; and no \"unearned income,\" such as interest or dividends more than $400. Those Form 1040EZ filers reporting unemployment compensation, using the filing status \"married filing jointly,\" or receiving dividends from the Alaska Permanent Fund can also use TeleFile beginning with the CY 1997 filing season [3] .\u003Cbr>Philip Cormany is an economist with the Office of Compliance Planning and Finance, Research Division. This article was prepared under the direction of Russell Geiman, Chief, Projections and Forecasting Group.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Figure A\u003Cbr>Projections for Calendar Year 1998\u003Cbr>[Numbers of returns are in thousands]\u003Cbr>Type of return 1998\u003Cbr>Projections Percentage increase\u003Cbr>from 1997¹\u003Cbr>(estimated) Grand total   223,149 1.77 Primary returns, total................................. 209,217 1.80 Individual income tax, total. ...................... 123,951 2.08 Total paper and electronic returns ...... 123,454 2.06 Paper returns, total. .......................... 102,475 0.64 Paper Form 1040......................... 61,584 0.53 Paper Form 1040A. ...................... 17,363 -0.68 Paper Form 1040EZ. .................... 13,955 -4.32 Paper Form 1040PC. ................... 9,573 12.66 Electronic returns, total. ................... 20,980 9.60 Standard electronic filing. ............. 15,433 6.80 Tele File. ....................................... 5,547 18.22 Forms 1040NR, 1040-PR, 1040-SS   496 7.13 Individual estimated tax, Form 1040-ES.. 40,501 0.99 Fiduciary income tax, Form 1041............. 3,518 2.81 Fiduciary estimated tax, Form 1041-ES... 852 2.77 Partnership, Form 1065........................... 1,746 1.99 Corporation income tax. ........................... 5,374 3.37 Estate tax, Forms 706 and 706NA. .......... 106 7.07 Gift tax, Form 709..................................... 262 4.80 Employment tax, total. .............................. 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It generally covers taxpayers with no dependents and taxable income under $50,000, with additional eligibility expanded for certain filing statuses and circumstances.\"}]","Projections of Returns To Be Filed in Calendar Years 1998-2004 - by Philip Cormany | PDF",1789792550]