Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending March 16, 2012

 

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2012 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative through the weeks ending  3/18/11 and 3/16/12

Individual Income Tax Returns

2011

2012

% Change

Total Receipts

74,361,000

77,567,000

  4.3%

Total Processed

73,342,000

75,284,000

  2.6%

 

 

 

 

E-filing Receipts:

 

 

 

TOTAL

64,628,000

68,894,000

6.6%

Tax Professionals

40,078,000

41,516,000

3.6%

Self-prepared

24,550,000

27,378,000

11.5%

 

 

 

 

Web Usage:

 

 

 

Visits to IRS.gov

138,980,918

180,611,083

30%

 

 

 

 

Total Refunds:

 

 

 

Number

64,672,000

65,073,000

  0.6%

Amount

$193.055

Billion

$188.616

Billion

-2.3%

Average refund

$2,985

$2,899

  -2.9%

 

 

 

 

Direct Deposit Refunds:

 

 

 

Number

53,736,000

55,557,000

  3.4%

Amount

$170.011

Billion

$169.751

Billion

-0.2%

Average refund

$3,164

$3,055

-3.4%