2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 12/04/2020 and 12/03/2021 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change Total Returns Received 169,153,000 * 169,098,000 ** 0.0 Total Returns Processed 163,217,000 168,453,000 3.2 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 152, 802,000 152,300,000 -0.3 Tax Professionals 80,582,000 84,924,000 5.4 Self-prepared 72,220,000 67,376,000 -6.7 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 1,637,545,000 1,947,346,000 18.9 Total Refunds: Number 125,703,000 129,841,000 3.3 Amount $320.022 Billion $365.499 Billion 14.2 Average refund $2,546 $2,815 10.6 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 102,623,000 113,283,000 10.4 Amount $268.885 Billion $326.184 Billion 21.3 Average refund $2,620 $2,879 10.0 * CY2020 includes more than 8.5 million returns filed for individuals who did not have a filing obligation but filed to request their Economic Impact Payments. ** CY 2021 includes more than 251,000 returns filed for individuals who did not have a filing obligation but filed to receive the Advance Child Tax Credit.
