2015 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 11/21/14 and 11/20/15 Individual Income Tax Returns: 2014 2015 % Change Total Returns Received 149,215,000 150,497,000 0.9 Total Returns Processed 148,954,000 150,102,000 0.8 E-filing Receipts: 1] TOTAL 125,821,000 128,784,000 2.4 Tax Professionals 77,875,000 78,406,000 0.7 Self-prepared 47,946,000 50,378,000 5.1 Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 419,828,804 464,880,260 10.7 Total Refunds: Number 109,264,000 109,171,000 -0.1 Amount $304.037 Billion $304.001 Billion 0 Average refund $2,783 $2,785 0.1 Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 83,915,000 86,145,000 2.7 Amount $244.623 Billion $254.275 Billion 3.9 Average refund $2,915 $2,952 1.3 [1] The e-file shutdown/cutover for processing year 2015 was Sat., Nov. 21. This report uses the e-file totals as of the shutdown/cutover to provide the complete e-file results for 2015.