2012 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative through the weeks ending 4/22/11 and 4/20/12 Individual Income Tax Returns 2011 2012 % Change Total Receipts 128,559,000 128,990,000 0.3% Total Processed 120,279,000 123,332,000 2.5% E-filing Receipts[1]: TOTAL 104,516,000 109,000,000 4.3% Tax Professionals 66,842,000 68,280,000 2.2% Self-prepared 37,673,000 40,720,000 8.1% Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 198,745,670 239,283,037 20.40% Total Refunds: Number 95,745,000 95,033,000 -0.7% Amount $271.327 Billion $257.273 Billion -5.2% Average refund $2,834 $2,707 -4.5% Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 73,759,000 75,726,000 2.7% Amount $224.626 Billion $220.358 Billion -1.9% Average refund $3,045 $2,910 -4.4% [1] Results for 2011vary from those posted last year because certain results were totaled on different days of the week in 2012 than in previous years.
