2016 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 10/22/2015 and 10/21/2016 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2015 2016 % Change Total Returns Received 149,821,000 151,187,000 0.9 Total Returns Processed 149,048,000 150,570,000 1.0 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 128,606,000 131,628,000 2.4 Tax Professionals 78,234,000 78,521,000 0.4 Self-prepared 50,372,000 53,107,000 5.4 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 446,316,318 462,252,942 3.6 Total Refunds: Number 108,465,000 109,959,000 1.4 Amount $296.002 Billion $305.339 Billion 3.2 Average refund $2,729 $2,777 1.8 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 85,904,000 88,006,000 2.5 Amount $251.289 Billion $259.877 Billion 3.4 Average refund $2,925 $2,953 1.0
