E-filing can be thought of as a type of e-commerce. The growth of e-commerce bodes well for e-filing since if people are comfortable using the Internet for financial transactions generally, they seem likely to feel comfortable doing the same for tax-related transactions as well.
The following is from http://www.iwebrider.com/ecom.shtml and has not been verified by UI:
- According to Forrester Research, 40 million households will be shopping on-line in 2003 - a year in which consumers will spend more than $108 billion on the Web
- 25% of online transactions total $100-$499 (ActivMedia).
32% of Internet users complete e-commerce transactions online. (ActivMedia)
- 60% of online shoppers buy for convenience, 40% for time saving.
- 45 million Americans shop on-line; 16 million buy (Intelliquest).
Keywords: e-filing, efiling