Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending April 8, 2022

 

2022 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing April 9, 2021, and April 8, 2022.

IRS Statement:

The tax filing season continues to progress, with more than 70 million refunds issued worth over
$222 billion already delivered as of April 8. (Note: The filing deadline in 2022 is April 18, 2022; on March 29, 2021, the IRS announced that the filing deadline was extended to May 17,2021. The 2021 Filing Season began February 12, 2021; the 2022 Filing Season began January 24, 2022.)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2021 2022 % Change
Total Returns Received 100,915,000 103,315,000 2.4
Total Returns Processed 91,152,000 99,785,000 9.5
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL (may not equal subtotals due to rounding.) 

95,562,000

99,290,000 3.9
Tax Professionals 49,947,000 53,018,000 6.1
Self-prepared 45,615,000 46,272,000 1.4
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 1,130,085,000 531,901,000 -52.9
       
Total Refunds[1]:      
Number 67,727,000 70,040,000 3.4
Amount $195.598 Billion $222.344 Billion 13.7
Average refund $2,888 $3,175 9.9
 
Direct Deposit Refunds[2]:      
Number 63,114,000 66,632,000 5.6
Amount $186.280 Billion $216.984 Billion 16.5
Average refund $2,951 $3,256 10.3

[1] Total Refunds includes refunds for returns received in 2022.

[2] Direct Deposit Refunds includes refunds for returns received in the prior year or the current year but processed in 2022 requesting a direct deposit.