2021 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 3/20/2020 (day 54 of Filing Season 2020) and 3/19/2021 (day 36 of Filing Season 2021) Individual Income Tax Returns: 2020 2021 % Change Total Returns Received 84,222,000 76,097,000 -9.6 Total Returns Processed 81,158,000 67,704,000 -16.6 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 79,688,000 72,730,000 -8.7 Tax Professionals 41,003,000 34,566,000 -15.7 Self-prepared 38,685,000 38,164,000 -1.3 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 369,251,000 879,042,000 138.1 Total Refunds: Number 65,097,000 49,722,000 -23.6 Amount $191.109 Billion $145.630 Billion -23.8 Average refund $2,936 $2,929 -0.2 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 55,584,000 47,093,000 -15.3 Amount $171.163 Billion $140.429 Billion 18.0 Average refund $3,079 $2,982 -3.2
