2018 Filing Season Statistics Cumulative statistics comparing 3/17/2017 and 3/16/2018 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2017 2018 % Change Total Returns Received 77,475,000 77,795,000 0.4 Total Returns Processed 75,208,000 75,307,000 0.1 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 72,205,000 72,732,000 0.7 Tax Professionals 38,548,000 38,245,000 -0.8 Self-prepared 33,657,000 34,487,000 2.5 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 231,360,122 288,340,262 24.6 Total Refunds: Number 62,494,000 61,739,000 -1.2 Amount $183.158 Billion $182.772 Billion -0.2 Average refund $2,931 $2,960 1.0 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 55,589,000 54,602,000 -1.8 Amount $170.674 Billion $168.801 Billion -1.1 Average refund $3,070 $3,091 0.7
