2012 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative through the weeks ending 4/29/11 and 4/27/12 Individual Income Tax Returns 2011 2012 % Change Total Receipts 130,692,000 133,460,000 2.1% Total Processed 123,800,000 126,306,000 2.0% E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 104,936,000 111,325,000 6.1% Tax Professionals 67,082,000 69,846,000 4.1% Self-prepared 37,854,000 41,479,000 9.6% Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 204,221,980 245,686,041 20.3% Total Refunds: Number 98,213,000 99,104,000 0.9% Amount $277.149 Billion $269.141 Billion -2.9% Average refund $2,822 $2,716 -3.8% Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 74,653,000 78,007,000 4.5% Amount $227.211 Billion $227.986 Billion 0.3% Average refund $3,044 $2,923 -4.0% [1] Results for 2011 vary from those posted last year because certain results were totaled on different days of the week in 2012 than in previous years.
