| the april 18 tax filing deadline may be | 4.88 | Jump to 19.76 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | more than three months away but the | 4.24 | Jump to 22.48 | 
                      
                        
                      
                        DATE
                      
                      
                        more than three months
                      
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                  | same level it was more than 50 years ago | 6.16 | Jump to 47.36 | 
                      
                        
                      
                        DATE
                      
                      
                        more than 50 years ago
                      
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                  | with fewer than 15 000 workers available | 6.239 | Jump to 50.32 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | last year to handle more than 240 | 5.519 | Jump to 53.52 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | million calls to make matters worse the | 5.201 | Jump to 56.559 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | 20 percent over the past 10 years | 6.161 | Jump to 64.479 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | before for those who made less than 73 | 5.76 | Jump to 81.28 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | thousand dollars the irs offers free | 5.28 | Jump to 84.32 |  |  | 
              
                
                  | their refund within 21 days | 5.36 | Jump to 105.52 |  |  |