Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending October 21, 2022

 

2022 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing October 22, 2021 and October 21, 2022

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2021 2022 % Change
Total Returns Received 167,634,000 163,762,000 -2.3
Total Returns Processed 166,342,000 163,967,000* -1.4
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL (may not equal subtotals due to rounding.) 

151,681,000

151,264,000** -0.3
Tax Professionals 84,422,000 84,485,000 0.1
Self-prepared 67,259,000 66,780,000 -0.7
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 1,871,475,000 932,164,000 -50.2
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 128,064,000 107,880,000 -15.8
Amount $355.365 Billion $337.595 Billion -5.0
Average refund $2,775 $3,129 12.8 
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 112,267,000 99,182,000 -11.7
Amount $320.114 Billion $319.503 Billion -0.19
Average refund $2,851 $3,221 13.00

*Total Returns Processed includes returns received in the prior or current year and processed in CY2022.

**Total may not match subtotals due to rounding.