Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending May 13, 2022

 

2022 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing May 14, 2021 and May 13, 2022.

IRS Statement:

As the filing season wraps up, the IRS has delivered more than 95 million refunds worth $290 billion as of May 13. The average refund is $3,033. (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 136,309,000 144,341,000 5.9
Total Returns Processed 124,599,000 139,460,000 11.9
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL (may not equal subtotals due to rounding.) 

127,658,000

136,430,000 6.9
Tax Professionals 69,718,000 72,774,000 4.4
Self-prepared 57,940,000 63,656,000 9.9
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 1,333,514,000 664,529,000 -50.2
       
Total Refunds [1]:      
Number 88,890,000 95,539,000 7.5
Amount $253.832 Billion $289.731 Billion 14.1
Average refund $2,856 $3,033 6.2
 
Direct Deposit Refunds [2]:      
Number 81,249,000 89,867,000 10.6
Amount $237.719 Billion $279.973 Billion 17.8
Average refund $2,926 $3,115 6.5

[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.