News Release: E-FILING STATE INCOME TAXES MEANS FASTER PROCESSING AND REFUNDS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

As the April 18^th deadline for filing 2016 state income taxes approaches, Arizona taxpayers are taking advantage of electronic filing for their individual income tax returns. E-filing fits the Department of Revenue's focus to deliver better, faster, more cost effective government for Arizonans.

Last year, more than 2.6 million taxpayers or 80 percent of individual tax filers, used electronic software to file their taxes – an increase of about 4.5 percent from 2015’s e-filings.