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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:
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55,850
(46%) were self-prepared
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64,202
(52%) were done by a paid preparer
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2,518
(1.4) were prepared by volunteers
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692 (0.6%) were IRS prepared
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