2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 3/27/2020 (day 61 of filing season 2020) and 3/26/2021 (day 43 of filing season 2021) Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change Total Returns Received 90,617,000 85,005,000 -6.2 Total Returns Processed 87,001,000 75,971,000 -12.7 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 85,559,000 80,835,000 -5.5 Tax Professionals 44,501,000 39,926,000 -10.3 Self-prepared 41,058,000 40,909,000 -0.4 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 394,715,000 991,159,000 151.1 Total Refunds: Number 69,931,000 56,494,000 -19.2 Amount $203.381 Billion $163.920 Billion -19.4 Average refund $2,908 $2,902 -0.2 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 59,029,000 53,152,000 -10.0 Amount $180.491 Billion $157.276 Billion -12.9 Average refund $3,058 $2,959 -3.2
