2018 Filing Season Statistics Cumulative statistics comparing 3/24/2017 and 3/23/2018 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2017 2018 % Change Total Returns Received 85,251,000 85,689,000 0.5 Total Returns Processed 82,990,000 83,286,000 0.4 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 79,125,000 79,780,000 0.8 Tax Professionals 43,395,000 43,094,000 -0.7 Self-prepared 35,730,000 36,686,000 2.7 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 246,382,030 307,120,964 24.7 Total Refunds: Number 68,348,000 67,599,000 -1.1 Amount $197.983 Billion $197.698 Billion -0.1 Average refund $2,987 $2,925 1.0 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 60,194,000 59,313,000 -1.5 Amount $183.210 Billion $181.600 Billion -0.9 Average refund $3,044 $3,062 0.6
