

IR-2015-113, Oct. 8, 2015
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today the number of tax returns e-filed by businesses rose nearly 9 percent this year, continuing the growth in the number of corporate and partnership returns filed electronically. This year, an additional 625,000 corporations and partnerships chose to e-file their tax returns.
As of Sept. 20, almost 8 million corporations and partnerships e-filed their income tax returns. The IRS estimates that e-file accounts for 77 percent of all corporate and partnership returns filed during 2015. Many corporations and partnerships operating on a calendar year receive filing extensions. The due date for filing a return after filing for an extension is usually Sept. 15.
Most large corporations and partnerships are required to e-file
Large and mid-size corporations, generally those with $10 million or more in total assets, are required to electronically file their Forms 1120 or 1120S. Partnerships with more than 100 partners (Schedules K-1) are also required to e-file their tax returns. The IRS is seeing growth in e-filing by all business segments.
This year, a record 100,000 large corporations e-filed their returns, an increase of 8 percent compared to the same time last year. The greatest rate of growth in e-filing among these businesses is by large partnerships. This year, 142,237 large partnerships e-filed their tax returns, up almost 16 percent from the same time last year.
Tax Returns e-filed by Corporations and Partnerships

Category of e-filers


Sept. 21, 2014


Sept. 20,2015


%Change

Large Corporation Tax Returns

92,494


100,052


8.2%

Other Corporate Returns

4,373,597


4,720,698


7.9%

Total Corporate Returns

4,466,091


4,820,750


7.9%

Large Partnership Tax Returns

122,879


142,237


15.8%

Other Partnership Returns

2,640,319


2,891,466


9.5%

Total Partnerships

2,763,198


3,033,703


9.8%

Total Returns

7,229,289


7,854,453


8.6%

Corporations and partnerships can get more information about IRS e-file at IRS.gov.
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