Summary of Collections Before Refunds by Type of Return, FY 2019 [1]

Type of Return

Number of Returns

Gross Collections
(Millions of $)

Individual income tax 154,094,555 1,942,182
Corporation income tax 2,146,904 [2] 275,863
Employment taxes 31,566,173 1,207,554
Excise taxes 1,073,183 80,757
Gift tax 239,618 1,563
Estate tax 25,742 16,002

Selected information from returns filed

Corporate Returns (TY 2017) [3]

Number of Returns

6,325,114 

Net income (less deficit) amount (thousands of $)

Total income tax after credits amount (thousands of $)

$1,655,958,437

$264,859,782

S Corporation Returns(TY 2017) [3]

Number of returns
 

4,725,684
Partnership Returns (TY 2018) [3]

Number of returns
 

4,010,200
Individual Returns

Top 1-percent Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) break (TY 2018) [3]

$540,009

Top 10-percent AGI break (TY 2018) [3]

$151,935

Median AGI (TY 2018) [3]
 

$43,614

Percent that claim standard deductions (TY 2018) [3]

87.3%

Percent that claim itemized deductions (TY 2018) [3]

11.4%

Percent e-filed (TY 2019) [3]

89.5%

Percent using paid preparers (TY 2018) [3]
 

52.9%

Number of returns with AGI $1M or more (TY 2018) [4]

541,410

State with the highest number-California (TY 2018)

91,560

State with the least number- Vermont (TY 2018)
 

590

Number of individual refunds (TY 2018) (millions) [3]

113.5

Individual refund amount (TY 2018) (billions of $) [3]

$331.9

Average individual refund amount (TY 2018)

$2,924

Earned Income Tax Credit (TY 2018) [3]:

Number of returns with credit (millions)

26.5

Amount claimed (billions of $)
 

$64.9

Nonprofit Organizations (TY 2016) [3,5]

Number of returns (Forms 990 and 990-PF filers)

402,561

Assets controlled by nonprofits (trillions of $)
 

$4.8
Taxpayer Assistance (FY 2019) [1]

Number of toll-free telephone calls and Taxpayer Assistance Center contacts

52,532,719


Sources and footnotes:

[FY] Fiscal Year
[TY] Tax Year
[1] Source: 2019 IRS Data Book
[2] Excludes S Corporations.
[3] Source—SOI data.
[4] Source—IRS Masterfile System
[5] Organizations tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)

Revised: October 2020