2018 Filing Season Statistics Cumulative statistics comparing 3/3/2017 and 3/2/2018 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2017 2018 % Change Total Returns Received 61,063,000 61,150,000 0.1 Total Returns Processed 59,081,000 59,048,000 -0.1 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 57,435,000 57,794,000 0.6 Tax Professionals 29,293,000 28,688,000 -2.1 Self-prepared 28,142,000 29,106,000 3.4 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 196,533,468 242,890,549 23.6 Total Refunds: Number 49,352,000 48,452,000 -1.8 Amount $148.832 Billion $147.577 Billion -0.8 Average refund $3,016 $3,046 1.0 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 44,822,000 43,549,000 -2.8 Amount $140.661 Billion $137.722 Billion -2.1 Average refund $3,138 $3,162 0.8
