Americans Dread Doing Taxes as Much as Visiting the Dentist; WingspanBank.com Financial Index Reveals Americans' Attitudes Towards Filing Taxes.

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WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 1, 2001

There's no doubt Americans dislike preparing their income taxes. How much do they dislike it? They would rather clean their house, speak in public, interview for a job or even balance their checkbook, according to the WingspanBank.com Financial Index.

The WingspanBank.com Financial Index also revealed:

-- Open wide - for 133 million Americans preparing taxes is as unpleasant as
going to the dentist.

-- Mars vs. Venus - for men, preparing taxes is even worse than a visit to the
dentist.

-- A night's sleep - Americans expect to spend an average of 7 1/2 hours
preparing their taxes.

-- Procrastination nation - more than 15 million Americans will wait until the
last possible day, April 16th in 2001, since the 15th falls on Sunday, to file
their tax returns.

-- The check is in the mail - six in 10 Americans, or 102 million tax filers,
expect an estimated average refund of $1,625 from the IRS this year. Paying
bills and other debts is the most popular use for tax refunds.

-- Taxes meet the Internet - more than 59 million Americans plan to use the
Internet this year to help them with their taxes, including 18 million
Americans who plan to file tax returns online.

To receive expert guidance, save time and beat deadlines, filers can go online and use tax preparation software, such as Quicken(R) TurboTax(R) for the Web(SM). This program is available to WingspanBank customers for free at www.WingspanBank.com/freeturbotax, allowing quick and easy filing for both federal and state income tax returns.

The WingspanBank.com Financial Index is a newly published study of over 1,000 American adults. Visit the online press site at www.NewsAtWingspanBank.com for more information about the survey findings.

WingspanBank.com, a division of First USA Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of Bank One Corporation (NYSE:ONE), provides consumers with a wide range of financial products and services at one website including traditional banking, planning services, investments and objective search tools. For all your financial needs, including checking, CDs, online bill pay and credit cards, WingspanBank.com. The Bank That Saves You Time Makes You Money(SM).

Quicken TurboTax for the Web is a service mark and Quicken and TurboTax are registered trademarks of Intuit Inc., and used with permission.

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