Table 9.--Number of Individual Income Tax Returns, by Type of Tax Settlement, Tax Years 1950-1998
[All figures are estimates based on samples--number of returns is in millions]
         
   
      Number of returns with--  
Tax year Total Tax due   No overpayments
  number of at time of Overpayments [1] or tax due at
  returns filing   time of filing
         
  (1) (2) (3) (4)
   1950................................................................................................................... 53.1                14.3                32.0                6.8               
   1951................................................................................................................... 55.4                18.6                31.0                5.8               
   1952................................................................................................................... 56.5                19.3                32.1                5.1               
   1953................................................................................................................... 57.8                19.0                32.7                6.2               
   1954................................................................................................................... 56.7                16.6                35.2                5.0               
   1955................................................................................................................... 58.3                18.7                35.4                4.2               
   1956................................................................................................................... 59.2                19.4                36.1                3.7               
   1957................................................................................................................... 59.8                18.6                37.6                3.6               
   1958................................................................................................................... 59.1                18.1                37.4                3.6               
   1959................................................................................................................... 60.3                19.1                38.4                2.8               
   1960................................................................................................................... 61.0                18.1                39.4                3.5               
   1961................................................................................................................... 61.5                18.6                40.0                2.9               
   1962................................................................................................................... 62.7                18.7                40.9                3.1               
   1963................................................................................................................... 63.9                19.3                41.4                3.3               
   1964................................................................................................................... 65.4                22.5                39.3                3.5               
   1965................................................................................................................... 67.6                20.0                44.3                3.2               
   1966................................................................................................................... 70.2                17.8                49.4                3.0               
   1967................................................................................................................... 71.7                17.5                51.2                3.0               
   1968................................................................................................................... 73.7                20.3                50.6                2.8               
   1969................................................................................................................... 75.8                17.9                54.9                3.0               
   1970................................................................................................................... 74.3                16.5                55.3                2.5               
   1971................................................................................................................... 74.6                17.0                55.3                2.4               
   1972................................................................................................................... 77.6                11.9                63.3                2.3               
   1973................................................................................................................... 80.7                14.2                64.2                2.2               
   1974................................................................................................................... 83.3                15.4                65.8                2.1               
   1975................................................................................................................... 82.2                15.8                63.8                2.6               
   1976................................................................................................................... 84.7                16.9                65.0                2.8               
   1977................................................................................................................... 86.6                17.8                66.0                2.8               
   1978................................................................................................................... 89.8                21.6                65.5                2.7               
   1979................................................................................................................... 92.7                18.8                71.4                2.4               
   1980................................................................................................................... 93.9                21.8                69.9                2.3               
   1981................................................................................................................... 95.4                23.0                70.0                2.4               
   1982................................................................................................................... 95.3                20.3                72.4                2.6               
   1983................................................................................................................... 96.3                18.5                75.0                2.9               
   1984................................................................................................................... 99.4                21.2                75.6                2.7               
   1985................................................................................................................... 101.7                21.2                77.4                3.0               
   1986................................................................................................................... 103.0                21.5                78.1                3.5               
   1987................................................................................................................... 107.0                23.8                79.8                3.4               
   1988................................................................................................................... 109.7                27.2                79.1                3.4               
   1989................................................................................................................... 112.1                28.0                80.9                3.2               
   1990................................................................................................................... 113.7                27.0                83.5                3.2               
   1991................................................................................................................... 114.7                25.6                85.6                3.5               
   1992................................................................................................................... 113.6                29.0                81.0                3.6               
   1993................................................................................................................... 114.6                28.6                82.4                3.6               
   1994................................................................................................................... 115.9                27.6                85.1                3.2               
   1995................................................................................................................... 118.2                29.7                85.3                3.2               
   1996................................................................................................................... 120.4                30.6                86.5                3.3               
   1997................................................................................................................... 122.4                31.2                88.3                2.9               
   1998 [p] ................................................................................................................... 124.7                28.2                93.6                2.9               
         
    See footnotes in file ftnt9.txt.