Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending April 13, 2012

 

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2012 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative through the weeks ending  4/15/11 and 4/13/12

Individual Income Tax Returns

2011

2012

% Change

Total Receipts

111,563,000

109,150,000

-2.2%

Total Processed

107,401,000

105,668,000

  0.4%

 

 

 

 

E-filing Receipts[1]:

 

 

 

TOTAL

93,578,000

94,231,000

0.7%

Tax Professionals

60,399,000

59,395,000

-1.7%

Self-prepared

33,179,000

34,836,000

5.0%

 

 

 

 

Web Usage:

 

 

 

Visits to IRS.gov

184,409,608

224,953,306

22%

 

 

 

 

Total Refunds:

 

 

 

Number

88,157,000

86,078,000

-2.4%

Amount

$252.596

Billion

$237.750

Billion

-5.9%

Average refund

$2,865

$2,762

  -3.6%

 

 

 

 

Direct Deposit Refunds:

 

 

 

Number

69,030,000

69,667,000

  0.9%

Amount

$212.192

Billion

$206.085

Billion

-2.9%

Average refund

$3,074

$2,958

-3.8%

 

[1] Results for 2011vary from those posted last year because certain results were totaled on different days of the week in 2012 than in previous years.