Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending February 26, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 2/28/2020 (day 33 of 2020 Filing Season)
AND 2/26/2021 (day 15 of 2021 Filing Season)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 59,305,000 45,271,000 -23.7
Total Returns Processed 57,085,000 39,402,000 -31.0
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

56,736,000

43,936,000 -22.6
Tax Professionals 26,410,000 18,344,000 -30.5
Self-prepared 30,326,000 25,592,000 -15.6
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 291,906,000 493,500,000 69.1
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 45,552,000 28,301,000 -37.9
Amount $139.593 Billion $85.484 Billion -38.8
Average refund $3,064 $3,021 -1.4
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 42,636,000 27,228,000 -36.1
Amount $134.202 Billion $83.408 Billion -37.8
Average refund $3,148 $3,063 -3.2