Summary of Collections Before Refunds by Type of Return, FY 2019 [1]
|
Type of Return |
Number of Returns |
Gross Collections |
|---|---|---|
| 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 $) |
$1,655,958,437 |
| 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