Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending February 28, 2020

 

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2020 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 3/1/2019 and 2/28/2020

 

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2019 2020 % Change
Total Returns Received 59,223,000 59,305,000 0.1
Total Returns Processed 56,875,000 57,085,000 0.4
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL           56,494,000 56,736,000 0.4
Tax Professionals 27,017,000 26,410,000 -2.2
Self-prepared 29,477,000 30,326,000 2.9
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 272,602,000 291,906,000 7.1
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 46,416,000 45,552,000 -1.9
Amount $142.395 Billion $139.593 Billion -2.0
Average refund $3,068 $3,064 -0.1
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 43,241,000 42,636,000 -1.4
Amount $136.601 Billion $134.202 Billion -1.8
Average refund $3,159 $3,148 -0.3