- 9.9 billion: Number of hours Americans spent on government paperwork last year
- 2 billion: Increase in hours from 2004, a 25 percent increase
- 1 billion: Estimated number of hours in 1981
- 7.7 billion: Number of hours spent on IRS forms, or 80 percent of the total
- $460 billion: Estimated labor cost of the 9.9 billion hours of federal paperwork
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Sources: New York Times, Congressional Research Service




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