Only 1 out of every 503 individual returns filed got a face-to-face examination in fiscal 2010 (a 4 percent increase in coverage over fiscal year 2009), while 1 of every 110 returns got an audit by mail (a more than 8 percent increase over fiscal year2009).

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For the 2007 tax year, about 60% of the 143 million individual tax returns filed with the IRS were done by paid preparers.

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Some 80% of the more than 130 million individual tax forms filed annually are e-filed, which has popped out refunds in as little as seven days.

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