April 13,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Tax Day is here and the personal finance website WalletHub today released its Tax Day 2016 By The Numbers report, which features an infographic filled with fun facts as well as insights from a panel of leading tax experts.
You can find a handful of highlights below:
- 30.5 Minutes: Wait time for calls to the IRS in 2015.
- 62%: Of calls went unanswered in 2015.
- 6.1 Billion Hours: Time it takes Americans to do their taxes each year (16 hours per person).
- 35%: Of taxpayers would rather discuss sex with their kids than do their taxes.
- 27%: Of Americans would get an IRS tattoo to avoid taxes for life.
- 700%+: Increase in tax-related identity theft cases since 2010.
- 23%: Decrease in IRS enforcement staff since 2010.
To check out the full report, please visit: https://wallethub.com/blog/tax-
