Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending March 12, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 3/13/2020 (day 47 of Filing Season 2020) and 3/12/2021(day 29 of Filing Season 2021)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 76,191,000 66,065,000 -13.3
Total Returns Processed 73,497,000 58,490,000 -20.4
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

72,309,000

63,492,000 -12.2
Tax Professionals 36,336,000 29,293,000 -19.4
Self-prepared 35,973,000 34,199,000 -4.9
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 345,662,000 659,291,000 90.7
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 59,235,000 42,513,000 -28.2
Amount $176.086 Billion $126.124 Billion -28.4
Average refund $2,973 $2,967 -0.2
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 51,456,000 40,492,000 -21.3
Amount $159.791 Billion $122.137 Billion -23.6
Average refund $3,105 $3,016 -2.9