Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending October 28, 2022

 

2022 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2022

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2021 2022 % Change
Total Returns Received 168,026,000 164,246,000 -2.2
Total Returns Processed 166,898,000 164,997,000* -1.1
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL (may not equal subtotals due to rounding.) 

151,824,000

151,448,000 -0.2
Tax Professionals 84,525,000 84,616,000 0.1
Self-prepared 67,299,000 66,832,000 -0.7
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 1,885,126,000 942,947,000 -50.0
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 128,572,000 108,622,000 -15.5
Amount $358.878 Billion $344.953 Billion -3.9
Average refund $2,791 $3,176 13.8
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 112,591,000 99,636,000 -11.5
Amount $322.382 Billion $324.164 Billion 0.6
Average refund $2,863 $3,253 13.6

*Total Returns Processed includes returns received in the prior or current year and processed in CY2022.