Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending April 3, 2020

 

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2020 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 4/05/2019 and 4/3/2020

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2019 2020 % Change
Total Returns Received 103,460,000 97,366,000 -5.9
Total Returns Processed 100,572,000 92,509,000 -8.0
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL           96,844,000 91,448,000 -5.6
Tax Professionals 53,839,000 47,672,000 -11.5
Self-prepared 43,005,000 43,776,000 1.8
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 376,700,000 432,444,000 14.8
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 77,925,000 74,055,000 -5.0
Amount $220.762 Billion $213.126 Billion -3.5
Average refund $2,833 $2,878 1.6
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 69,094,000 62,017,000 -10.2
Amount $204.587 Billion $187.895 Billion -8.2
Average refund $2,961 $3,030 2.3