2022 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing April 16, 2021, and April 15, 2022. IRS Statement: As the filing season begins to wrap up, the IRS has delivered more than 78 million refunds worth more than 242 billion as of April 15. (Note: The filing deadline in 2022 is April 18, 2022; on March 29, 2021, the IRS announced that the filing deadline was extended to May 17,2021. The 2021 Filing Season began February 12, 2021; the 2022 Filing Season began January 24, 2022.) Individual Income Tax Returns: 2021 2022 % Change Total Returns Received 110,961,000 122,543,000 10.4 Total Returns Processed 100,027,000 118,826,000 18.8 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL (may not equal subtotals due to rounding.) 104,786,000 117,859,000 12.5 Tax Professionals 55,450,000 63,692,000 14.9 Self-prepared 49,336,000 54,167,000 9.8 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 1,178,651,000 571,818,000 -51.5 Total Refunds[1]: Number 73,316,000 78,201,000 6.7 Amount $210.668 Billion $242.626 Billion 15.2 Average refund $2,873 $3,103 8.0 Direct Deposit Refunds[2]: Number 68,000,000 74,769,000 10.0 Amount $199.847 Billion $237.823 Billion 19.0 Average refund $2,939 $3,181 8.2 [1] Total Refunds includes refunds for returns received in 2022. [2] Direct Deposit Refunds includes refunds for returns received in the prior year or the current year but processed in 2022 requesting a direct deposit.
