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2005 Statistics show 122,570 returns filed in Erie County, with 77,101 filers identified as below the EITC threshold.

20,877 Taxpayers received Earned Income Tax Credit of $34,392,058.  The average amount received was $1,743.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has estimated that up to 25% of Taxpayers potentially eligible for the EITC fail to claim it.  Using the previous statistics this means that up to 6,959 taxpayers failed to claim 12,129,537 in Earned Income Tax Credit in Erie County.

Out of the 122,570 returns filed in Erie County in 2005:

  • 55,850 (46%) were self-prepared

  • 64,202 (52%) were done by a paid preparer

  • 2,518 (1.4) were prepared by volunteers

  •    692 (0.6%) were IRS prepared