2019 FILING SEASON STATISTICS Cumulative statistics comparing 12/28/2018 and 12/27/2019 Description 2018 2019 % Change Individual income tax returns: Total Returns Received 154,865,000 155,798,000 0.6 Total Returns Processed 154,539,000 155,611,000 0.7 E-filing receipts: TOTAL 135,459,000 138,217,000 2.0 Tax Professionals 80,286,000 80,630,000 0.4 Self-prepared 55,173,000 57,587,000 4.4 Web usage: Visits to IRS.gov 611,580,000 652,418,000 6.7 Total refunds: Number 112,154,000 111,811,000 -.03 Amount $326.333 Billion $320.805 Billion -1.7 Average refund $2,910 $2,869 -1.4 Direct deposit refunds: Number 90,164,000 92,059,000 2.1 Amount $273.697 Billion $274.253 Billion 0.2 Average refund $3,036 $2,979 -1.9
