Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending May 14, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 5/15/2020 and 5/14/2021

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 130,496,000 * 136,309,000 4.5
Total Returns Processed 117,918,000  124,599,000 5.7
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

117,814,000 *

127,658,000 8.4
Tax Professionals 59,355,000 69,718,000 17.5
Self-prepared 58,459,000 57,940,000 -0.9
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 1,156,732,000 1,333,514,000 15.3 
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 88,227,000 88,890,000 0.8
Amount $245.075 Billion $253.832 Billion 3.6
Average refund $2,778 $2,856 2.8
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 73,425,000 81,249,000 10.7
Amount $214.440 Billion $237.719 Billion 10.9
Average refund $2,921 $2,926 0.2

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