2018 Filing Season Statistics Cumulative statistics comparing 4/21/2017 and 4/20/2018 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2017 2018 % Change Total Returns Received 135,638,000 136,919,000 0.9 Total Returns Processed 128,847,000 130,477,000 1.3 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 122,164,000 124,515,000 1.9 Tax Professionals 70,401,000 70,983,000 0.8 Self-prepared 51,763,000 53,532,000 3.4 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 312,255,666 386,894,562 23.9 Total Refunds: Number 97,104,000 95,434,000 -1.7 Amount $268.296 Billion $265.326 Billion -1.1 Average refund $2,763 $2,780 0.6 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 81,646,000 80,491,000 -1.4 Amount $239.410 Billion $236.851 Billion -1.1 Average refund $2,932 $2,943 0.4
