Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending March 5, 2021

 

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2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS

Cumulative statistics comparing 3/06/2020 (day 40 of 2020 Filing Season)
AND 3/05/2021 (day 22 of 2021 Filing Season)

Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change
Total Returns Received 67,998,000 55,716,000 -18.1
Total Returns Processed 65,018,000 48,967,000 -24.7
       
E-filing Receipts:      
TOTAL          

64,806,000

53,922,000 -16.8
Tax Professionals 31,430,000 23,926,000 -23.9
Self-prepared 33,376,000 29,996,000 -10.1
       
Web Usage:      
Visits to IRS.gov 321,393,000 555,744,000 72.9
       
Total Refunds:      
Number 52,721,000 36,049,000 -31.6
Amount $158.809 Billion $107.778 Billion -32.1
Average refund $3,012 $2,990 -0.7
 
Direct Deposit Refunds:      
Number 46,870,000 34,498,000 -26.4
Amount $146.650 Billion $104.724 Billion -28.6
Average refund $3,129 $3,036 -3.0