Filing season statistics for week ending December 27, 2019

 

2019 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 12/28/2018 and 12/27/2019

Description 2018 2019 % Change
Individual income tax returns:      
Total Returns Received 154,865,000 155,798,000 0.6
Total Returns Processed 154,539,000 155,611,000 0.7
E-filing receipts:      
TOTAL           135,459,000 138,217,000 2.0
Tax Professionals 80,286,000 80,630,000 0.4
Self-prepared 55,173,000 57,587,000 4.4
Web usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 611,580,000 652,418,000 6.7
Total refunds:      
Number 112,154,000 111,811,000 -.03
Amount $326.333 Billion $320.805 Billion -1.7
Average refund $2,910 $2,869 -1.4
Direct deposit refunds:      
Number 90,164,000 92,059,000 2.1
Amount $273.697 Billion $274.253 Billion 0.2
Average refund $3,036 $2,979 -1.9