2018 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 5/5//2017 and 5/4/2018 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2017 2018 % Change Total Returns Received 138,945,000 140,895,000 1.4 Total Returns Processed 132,509,000 134,268,000 1.3 E-filing Receipts: TOTAL 123,239,000 125,637,000 1.9 Tax Professionals 71,154,000 71,788,000 0.9 Self-prepared 52,085,000 53,849,000 3.4 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 329,420,774 410,052,258 24.5 Total Refunds: Number 101,641,000 101,372,000 -0.3 Amount $281.661 Billion $281.514 Billion -0.1 Average refund $2,771 $2,777 0.2 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 84,424,000 84,632,000 0.2 Amount $248.195 Billion $248.627 Billion 0.2 Average refund $2,940 $2,938 -0.1
