Show 177 Million Out of 105 Million Returns Received The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday March 29 1987 B9 Taxpayers Are Mailing Returns Later and Later Says IRS Center in Ogden By T R Dowell That filing delay is causing workload distribution difficulties at the 10 regional service centers said Doug Green public affairs officer with the Ogden Service Center He was one of several local IRS officials who spoke during media day at the center Tribune Staff Writer OGDEN — The Internal Revenue Sen ice has noticed a trend it would e to reverse — taxpayers are wait-ir- g until later m the season to file their returns As the April 15 filing deadline approaches the IRS reports fewer than half 47 7 million of the estimated 105 million tax returns expected to be filed have been received That is 3 3 percent less than the 49 4 million received by the same time last year But the IRS is well ahead of its 1986 rate in processing Through last week 36 million returns had been handled up almost 6 percent from lavear The center processed more than 21 million tax documents last year including individual and corporate tax returns Since 1983 when it received more than 4 million individual tax returns by the end of February the trend has been to delay sending in tax forms until closer to the April 15 due date “If there is one thing we want to stress its to get people to turn m -t million had been received this tax season their returns early especially if they have a refund coming" Mr Green said For those taxpayers filing early that means a refund if warranted can be processed in four weeks from the time it is mailed to when it arrives "The later they file the longer it will take" Mr Green said The center is processing returns nearly twice as fast as last year with 921504 completed compared to 445000 a year ago It is also a process costing only 9 cents for every $100 collected Last year only 3 2 million returns had been received by the last week of February and this year just over 3 sent to taxpayers are not to trigger an audit “Those labels and envelopes tell coding machines who you are and what form you used last year' said center director Robert E Wenzel Besides the taxpayer s name address Social Security number and ZIP code it indicates which service center taxpayer filed in last year and the type of tax package mailed to the taxpayer In addition to the ZIP code the label includes the Post Office home delivery route and the post office The code on the envelope indicates which tax package was sent to the taxpayer Since the first of the year figures The center process returns from 14 Arizona Colorado states Alaska Idaho Montana Nebraska Nevada North and South Dakota Utah Washington Wyoming and Northern California Although the Ogden Center has the largest geographic district in the country the population migration to the West means all three districts west of the Mississippi River handle the most documents and there is a friendly rivalry on which center handles the most Despite public misconception the label and envelope e Open 9 to 10 PM 7 Days a Week AM IS cisGodSanlMarchJllthriuhJaislMirctiJU19l7 J t ? i r ' U 4 ! - 1 tJ f- I I If 1 H J M i t a4! i “ ' ft ff f il i m m l I A li " j it i FTTH - : i : k t ‘I'M : aTi i s i I r j ' prff rr itf ’A I 1 w t f v - : i f: t j lj I ’C3r ca r'WUj i i j r f ' M 'S r £ ! i 1 ! i " UO I j ? 4 I t 4 f V V ? li i I J 4 v£f show you how much money you’ll save! t j you’re not shopping at Fred Meyer you’re paying too much money! 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