NASHVILLE — When the Internal Revenue Service flips the switch this month to begin accepting electronic returns, the number streaming in from Tennessee will likely be on the increase.

And some will probably be filed using the IRS’s new online, fillable tax forms.

The IRS expects nearly 70 percent of Tennesseans to e-file this year, either through their tax preparers or on their own.

That would mean that close to 2 million Tennessee filers will have scrapped paper and pen in favor of the computer mouse, an increase of about 8 percent over last year.

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