Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending March 25, 2022

 

2022 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing March 26, 2021, and March 25, 2022.

IRS Statement:

The tax filing season continues to progress, with almost 58 million refunds issued worth nearly $189 billion already delivered as of March 25. (Note: the 2021 Filing Season began February 12, 2021; the 2022 Filing Season began January 24, 2022. The filing deadline in 2022 is April 18, 2022; the filing deadline in 2021 was May 17,2021.)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2021 2022 % Change
Total Returns Received 85,005,000 81,371,000 -4.3
Total Returns Processed 75,971,000 78,858,000 3.8
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL (may not equal subtotals due to rounding.) 

80,835,000

78,426,000 -3.0
Tax Professionals 39,926,000 39,909,000 0.0
Self-prepared 40,909,000 38,517,000 -5.8
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 991,159,000 468,160,000 -52.8
       
Total Refunds[1]:      
Number 56,494,000 57,830,000 2.4
Amount $163.920 Billion $188.687 Billion 15.1
Average refund $2,902 $3,263 12.4
 
Direct Deposit Refunds[2]:      
Number 53,152,000 55,561,000 4.5
Amount $157.276 Billion $185.428 Billion 17.9
Average refund $2,959 $3,337 12.8

[1] Total Refunds includes refunds for returns received in 2022.

[2] Direct Deposit Refunds includes refunds for returns received in the prior year or the current year but processed in 2022 requesting a direct deposit.