Tax season is here, are you ready? I hope so because there is a hungry market out there searching for e-File authorized online tax preparation services. Just how many? Well here’s some interesting facts and figures the IRS released on November 2, 2009 in regards to e-filing in the 2009 tax season. (See IR-2009-99 (Nov. 2, 2009) for the entire release.
1) in 2000, 27.57% or 35,412,000 returns were e-Filed, whereas in 2009, more than two-thirds–67.18% or 94,980,000 our of 141,376,000, were e-Filed;
2) The total number of returns shrank, however, from 153,650,000 in 2008 (a drop of 8%);
3) More taxpayers were doing their own e-Filing–almost 20% more prepared and e-Filed their own returns rather than using tax preparers to do so;
4) The government gave $303.069 billion back to taxpayers in refunds this year, an increase of more than 20% over last year’s refunds; and
5) The 73 million taxpayers who got electronically deposited refunds got them at least a week sooner than those waiting for a paper check, and cost the government less at the same time..
Since the IRS e-File system meets the needs of nearly all taxpayers, no matter how complicated or simple their returns are, more and more people will turn to online tax preparation services. Using e-File helps taxpayers take advantage of the tax credits available to them to maximize their refunds during these tough economic times and provides key benefits such as:
* Faster Refunds
* Greater Accuracy
* Secure and confidential submission
* No paper return to mail
* File now, pay later
* Quick confirmation
This is great news for affiliate marketers because there is a a variety of tax software products available commercially that offer e-File. Here’s a selection of the top e-File authorized tax affiliate programs across some of the major networks:
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e-File authorized tax preparation services on the buyat Affiliate Network. |
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Commission Value: $25 per completed filing Cookie: 30 days |
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Commission Value: $3.30 per registration Cookie: Same Session Only |
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e-File authorized tax preparation services on the Commission Junction Affiliate Network. |
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Commission Value: 20% per completed filing Cookie: 120 days |
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Commission Value: 20% per completed filing Cookie: 45 days |
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Commission Value: 15% per completed filing Cookie: 30 days |
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Commission Value: 15% per completed filing Cookie: 45 days |
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e-File authorized tax preparation services on the LinkShare Affiliate Network. |
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Commission Value: 50-65% per completed filing Cookie: ? days |
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e-File authorized tax preparation services on the ShareASale Affiliate Network. |
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Commission Value: 30% per completed filing Cookie: 120 days |
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Commission Value: 60% per completed filing Cookie: 30 days |
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Commission Value: 20% per completed filing Cookie: 120 days |
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Commission Value: $2.00 per completed filing Cookie: 30 days |
