2012 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative through the weeks ending 4/15/11 and 4/13/12 Individual Income Tax Returns 2011 2012 % Change Total Receipts 111,563,000 109,150,000 -2.2% Total Processed 107,401,000 105,668,000 0.4% E-filing Receipts[1]: TOTAL 93,578,000 94,231,000 0.7% Tax Professionals 60,399,000 59,395,000 -1.7% Self-prepared 33,179,000 34,836,000 5.0% Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 184,409,608 224,953,306 22% Total Refunds: Number 88,157,000 86,078,000 -2.4% Amount $252.596 Billion $237.750 Billion -5.9% Average refund $2,865 $2,762 -3.6% Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 69,030,000 69,667,000 0.9% Amount $212.192 Billion $206.085 Billion -2.9% Average refund $3,074 $2,958 -3.8% [1] Results for 2011vary from those posted last year because certain results were totaled on different days of the week in 2012 than in previous years.
