Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending March 26, 2021

 

2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 3/27/2020 (day 61 of filing season 2020) and 3/26/2021 (day 43 of filing season 2021)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 90,617,000 85,005,000 -6.2
Total Returns Processed 87,001,000 75,971,000 -12.7
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

85,559,000

80,835,000 -5.5
Tax Professionals 44,501,000 39,926,000 -10.3
Self-prepared 41,058,000 40,909,000 -0.4
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 394,715,000 991,159,000 151.1
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 69,931,000 56,494,000 -19.2
Amount $203.381 Billion $163.920 Billion -19.4
Average refund $2,908 $2,902 -0.2
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 59,029,000 53,152,000 -10.0
Amount $180.491 Billion $157.276 Billion -12.9
Average refund $3,058 $2,959 -3.2