2018 Filing Season Statistics Cumulative statistics comparing 3/10/2017 and 3/9/2018 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2017 2018 % Change Total Returns Received 69,403,000 69,484,000 0.1 Total Returns Processed 67,302,000 67,183,000 -0.2 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 64,953,000 65,270,000 0.5 Tax Professionals 34,093,000 33,495,000 -1.8 Self-prepared 30,860,000 31,775,000 3.0 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 214,973,517 267,116,810 24.3 Total Refunds: Number 56,220,000 55,327,000 -1.6 Amount $167.146 Billion $166.186 Billion -0.6 Average refund $2,973 $3,004 1.0 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 50,499,000 49,357,000 -2.26 Amount $156.810 Billion $154.346 Billion -1.6 Average refund $3,105 $3,127 0.7
