It is the time of year again to start thinking about taxes. Some people will do their taxes as early as possible, while others wait until the last minute, and while still others have to file extensions. TurboTax has an infographic showing that two out of every three Americans pay their taxes online. Approximately 78% of Americans gave Uncle Sam a free loan by overpaying their taxes in 2008, and then received a refund. Two-thirds of those refunds were electronically deposited in their accounts.

What is a bit confusing to me is the Top E-Filing states. California is listed as number one with 11.1 million citizens filing online. Texas is listed as second with 6.8 million citizens filing online. However, the graphic to the right does not show in the same color as Texas. New York, which is third, also does not show up in the same color. My guess is that the map has nothing to do with being the top E-filing states. The map is just there to look pretty. I think it would have been better to have the number of electronic filers per state divided by the state’s population. That way we could have the states ranked by percentage of participation. Otherwise, the most populous states will always be listed on top. Of course, we also need the map to correlate with the numbers.

via : Infographic: Filing Your Taxes Online