2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 4/17/2020 (Day 82 of Filing Season 2020) and 4/16/2021 (Day 64 of Filing Season 2021) Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change Total Returns Received 115,961,000 * 110,960,000 -4.3 Total Returns Processed 106,637,000 100,027,000 -6.2 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 105,991,000 * 104,786,000 -1.1 Tax Professionals 53,651,000 55,450,000 3.4 Self-prepared 52,340,000 49,336,000 -5.7 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 744,739,000 1,178,651,000 58.3 Total Refunds: Number 81,349,000 73,316,000 -9.9 Amount $229.279 Billion $210.668 Billion -8.1 Average refund $2,818 $2,873 2.0 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 68,028,000 68,000,000 0.0 Amount $201.612 Billion $199.847 Billion -0.9 Average refund $2,964 $2,939 -0.8 * Total includes returns filed to obtain Economic Impact Payments by those who would not usually file income tax returns.
