Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending April 9, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 4/10/2020 (Day 75 of filing season 2020) and 4/9/2021 (Day 57 of filing season 2021)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 103,986,000 * 100,915,000 -3.0
Total Returns Processed 97,828,000  91,152,000 -6.8
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

96,798,000 *

95,562,000 -1.3
Tax Professionals 50,511,000 49,947,000 -1.1
Self-prepared 46,287,000 45,615,000 -1.5
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 486,977,000 1,130,085,000 132.1
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 77,252,000 67,727,000 -12.3
Amount $220.361 Billion $195.598 Billion -11.2    
Average refund $2,852 $2,888 1.2
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 64,762,000 63,114,000 -2.5
Amount $194.232 Billion $186.280 Billion -4.1
Average refund $2,999 $2,951 -1.6

* Total includes returns filed to obtain Economic Impact Payments by those who would not usually file income tax returns.