IRS Publication 6149 contains multi-year projections of the number of tax returns to be filed with the IRS by State — as determined by the addresses on the tax returns. The publication includes detailed projections by approximately 50 different individual, business, and tax-exempt return types, such as Form 1040, Form 1120, Form 941, and Form 990. There is also additional detail by medium of filing (paper versus electronic).
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