Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending May 1, 2020

 

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2020 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 05/03/2019 and 05/01/2020

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2019 2020 % Change
Total Returns Received 141,001,000 125,474,000* -11.0
Total Returns Processed 134,744,000 113,095,000 -16.1
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL           127,513,000 113,110,000* -11.3
Tax Professionals 71,392,000 56,965,000 -20.2
Self-prepared 56,121,000 56,145,000 0.0
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 444,213,000 1,020,304,000 129.7
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 100,430,000 86,471,000 -13.9
Amount $274.327 Billion $240.450 Billion -12.4
Average refund $2,732 $2,781 1.8
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 86,320,000 71,977,000 -16.6
Amount $247.621 Billion $210.518 Billion -15.0
Average refund $2,869 $2,925 2.0

*Total includes returns filed to obtain Economic Impact Payments by those who would not usually file income tax returns.