2015 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 10/31/14 and 10/30/15 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2014 2015 % Change Total Returns Received 148,787,000 150,062,000 0.9 Total Returns Processed 148,112,000 149,351,000 0.8 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 125,720,000 128,653,000 2.3 Tax Professionals 77,776,000 78,279,000 0.6 Self-prepared 47,944,000 50,374,000 5.1 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 406,015,057 451,563,658 11.2 Total Refunds: Number 108,874,000 108,739,000 -0.1 Amount $299.393 Billion $298.596 Billion -0.3 Average refund $2,750 $2,746 -0.1 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 83,806,000 86,014,000 2.6 Amount $243.243 Billion $252.470 Billion 3.8 Average refund $2,902 $2,935 1.1
