Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending December 3, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 12/04/2020 and 12/03/2021

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 169,153,000 * 169,098,000 ** 0.0
Total Returns Processed 163,217,000 168,453,000 3.2
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

152, 802,000

152,300,000 -0.3
Tax Professionals 80,582,000 84,924,000 5.4
Self-prepared 72,220,000 67,376,000 -6.7
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 1,637,545,000 1,947,346,000 18.9
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 125,703,000 129,841,000 3.3
Amount $320.022 Billion $365.499 Billion 14.2
Average refund $2,546 $2,815 10.6
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 102,623,000 113,283,000 10.4
Amount $268.885 Billion $326.184 Billion 21.3
Average refund $2,620 $2,879 10.0

* CY2020 includes more than 8.5 million returns filed for individuals who did not have a filing obligation but filed to request their Economic Impact Payments. 

** CY 2021 includes more than 251,000 returns filed for individuals who did not have a filing obligation but filed to receive the Advance Child Tax Credit.