2012 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative through the weeks ending 4/08/11 and 4/06/12 Individual Income Tax Returns 2011 2012 % Change Total Receipts 97,029,000 98,948,000 2.0% Total Processed 96,153,000 96,566,000 0.4% E-filing Receipts[1]: TOTAL 83,656,000 86,262,000 3.1% Tax Professionals 53,652,000 53,871,000 0.4% Self-prepared 30,004,000 32,391,000 8.0% Web Usage: Visits to IRS.gov 169,633,414 210,817,020 24.3% Total Refunds: Number 80,874,000 80,421,000 -0.6% Amount $234.161 Billion $224.710 Billion -4.0% Average refund $2,895 $2,794 -3.5% Direct Deposit Refunds: Number 64,343,000 65,907,000 2.4% Amount $199.490 Billion $196.631 Billion -1.4% Average refund $3,100 $2,983 -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. .
