Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending April 16, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 4/17/2020 (Day 82 of Filing Season 2020) and 4/16/2021 (Day 64 of Filing Season 2021)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 115,961,000 * 110,960,000 -4.3
Total Returns Processed 106,637,000  100,027,000 -6.2
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

105,991,000 *

104,786,000 -1.1
Tax Professionals 53,651,000 55,450,000 3.4
Self-prepared 52,340,000 49,336,000 -5.7
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 744,739,000 1,178,651,000 58.3
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 81,349,000 73,316,000 -9.9
Amount $229.279 Billion $210.668 Billion -8.1    
Average refund $2,818 $2,873 2.0
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 68,028,000 68,000,000 0.0
Amount $201.612 Billion $199.847 Billion -0.9
Average refund $2,964 $2,939 -0.8

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