2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 4/3/2020 (day 68 of filing season 2020) and 4/2/2021 (day 50 of filing season 2021) Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change Total Returns Received 97,366,000 * 93,203,000 -4.3 Total Returns Processed 92,509,000 83,712,000 -9.5 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 91,448,000 * 88,285,000 -3.5 Tax Professionals 47,672,000 44,992,000 -5.6 Self-prepared 43,776,000 43,293,000 -1.1 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 432,444,000 1,070,694,000 147.6 Total Refunds: Number 74,055,000 62,305,000 -15.9 Amount $213.126 Billion $180.254 Billion -15.4 Average refund $2,878 $2,893 0.5 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 62,017,000 58,325,000 -6.0 Amount $187.895 Billion $172.272 Billion -8.3 Average refund $3,030 $2,954 -2.5 * Total includes returns filed to obtain Economic Impact Payments by those who would not usually file income tax returns.
