2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 5/22/2020 and 5/21/2021 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change Total Returns Received 132,351,000 * 148,012,000 11.8 Total Returns Processed 119,722,000 135,773,000 13.4 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 119,544,000 * 138,563,000 15.9 Tax Professionals 60,372,000 74,195,000 22.9 Self-prepared 59,172,000 64,368,000 8.8 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 1,198,616,000 1,372,697,000 14.5 Total Refunds: Number 89,840,000 95,632,000 6.4 Amount $249.041 Billion $270.345 Billion 8.6 Average refund $2,772 $2,827 2.0 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 74,808,000 87,045,000 16.4 Amount $217.923 Billion $252.374 Billion 15.8 Average refund $2,913 $2,899 -0.5 * Total includes returns filed to obtain Economic Impact Payments by those who would not usually file income tax returns.
