Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending March 19, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 3/20/2020 (day 54 of Filing Season 2020) and 
3/19/2021 (day 36 of Filing Season 2021)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 84,222,000 76,097,000 -9.6
Total Returns Processed 81,158,000 67,704,000 -16.6
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

79,688,000

72,730,000 -8.7
Tax Professionals 41,003,000 34,566,000 -15.7
Self-prepared 38,685,000 38,164,000 -1.3
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 369,251,000 879,042,000 138.1
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 65,097,000 49,722,000 -23.6
Amount $191.109 Billion $145.630 Billion -23.8
Average refund $2,936 $2,929 -0.2
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 55,584,000 47,093,000 -15.3
Amount $171.163 Billion $140.429 Billion 18.0
Average refund $3,079 $2,982 -3.2