IDC Reveals Online Tax Filing Significantly Increased This Year.IDC released research that reveals the number of people who filed electronically has increased dramatically - almost 30 percent from last year. Further demonstrating the increasing popularity of online filing is the fact that one-third of these filers are first-time users of electronic filing. "There is no question that the promise of receiving a refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid. 2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies within two weeks is enticing many people to try electronic filing," says Gigi Wang (Wang Laboratories, Inc., Lowell, MA) A computer services and network integration company. Wang was one of the major early contributors to the computing industry from its founder's invention that made core memory possible, to leadership in desktop calculators and word processors. , senior vice president of IDC's Communications and Internet research This article is about using the Internet for research; for the field of research about the Internet, see Internet studies. Internet research is the practice of using the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, for research. . IDC discovered tax preparers, not individuals, do the majority of electronically filed returns. "There is an interesting dichotomy di·chot·o·my n. pl. di·chot·o·mies 1. Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions: "the dichotomy of the one and the many" Louis Auchincloss. between individuals using tax preparers and those filing electronically themselves," Wang said. "Individuals who use a professional tax preparer generally have lower earnings than those individuals filing online themselves. This shows the success of special promotions targeted at this segment. Programs such as offering loans against an anticipated refund have enormous appeal." IDC believes that in addition to providing loans against anticipated refunds, electronic filing provides a host of other opportunities for financial institutions. These include loans to individuals who owe the government money as well as direct deposit into high-interest Adj. 1. high-interest - (used of loans) charging a relatively large percentage of the amount borrowed low-interest - (used of loans) charging a relatively small percentage of the amount borrowed instruments for refunds. IDC's findings are based on telephone surveys of nearly 1,000 US households. The surveys were conducted during the week of April 10. IDC Rates Linux Linux Nonproprietary operating system (OS) for digital computers. In 1991 Linus Torvalds of Finland began asking for volunteer programmers over the Internet to collaborate on the development of a UNIX-like OS for personal computers; the “1. Server Vendors In Q4 1999 International Data Corp. (IDC) announced that IDC would re-categorize and track "brand-name" vendor in its Commercial Systems and Servers program. The revised Top Vendors for Linux Server Unit Shipments, Q499 are as follows:
Q499 Market Share
Compaq 18,088 25%
IBM 7,001 10%
Hewlett-Packard 5,429 7%
Dell 5,158 7%
VA Linux Systems 3,645 5%
Fujitsu Siemens 2,286 3%
Other 30,815 43%
Total 72,422 100%
Source: IDC, 2000
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