2017 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 09/02/2016 and 09/01/2017 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2016 2017 % Change Total Returns Received 145,734,000 145,329,000 -0.3 Total Returns Processed 145,413,000 145,070,000 -0.2 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 127,074,000 127,277,000 0.2 Tax Professionals 74,523,000 74,512,000 0.0 Self-prepared 52,551,000 52,765,000 0.4 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 429,038,682 417,407,116 -2.7 Total Refunds: Number 108,038,000 108,761,000 0.7 Amount $297.070 Billion $302.529 Billion 1.8 Average refund $2,750 $2,782 1.2 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 86,991,000 88,052,000 1.2 Amount $255.004 Billion $260.744 Billion 2.3 Average refund $2,931 $2,961 1.0
