Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending April 23, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 4/24/2020 and 4/23/2021

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 121,892,000 * 116,139,000 -4.7
Total Returns Processed 110,074,000  105,330,000 -4.3
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

110,089,000 *

109,381,000 -0.6
Tax Professionals 55,528,000 58,506,000 5.4
Self-prepared 54,561,000 50,875,000 -6.8
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 898,329,140 1,217,624,000 35.5
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 84,771,000 77,652,000 -8.4
Amount $236.369 Billion $222.867 Billion -5.7    
Average refund $2,788 $2,870 2.9
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 70,525,000 71,741,000 1.7
Amount $206.994 Billion $210.666 Billion 1.8
Average refund $2,935 $2,936 0

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