2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 5/01/2020 and 4/30/2021 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change Total Returns Received 125,474,000 * 121,168,000 -3.4 Total Returns Processed 113,095,000 110,257,000 -2.5 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 113,110,000 * 113,617,000 0.4 Tax Professionals 56,965,000 61,282,000 7.6 Self-prepared 56,145,000 52,335,000 -6.8 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 1,020,304,000 1,256,364,000 23.1 Total Refunds: Number 86,471,000 81,485,000 -5.8 Amount $240.450 Billion $233.491 Billion -2.9 Average refund $2,781 $2,865 3.0 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 71,977,000 74,965,000 4.2 Amount $210.518 Billion $219.962 Billion 4.5 Average refund $2,925 $2,934 0.3 * Total includes returns filed to obtain Economic Impact Payments by those who would not usually file income tax returns.
