IRS Releases Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending April 7

APR. 12, 2017

DATED APR. 12, 2017

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Institutional Authors
Internal Revenue Service
Subject Area/Tax Topics
Individual income taxation
Return preparation
Tax technology
Jurisdictions
United States
Tax Analysts Document Number
2017-49709
Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
2017 TNT 70-25

Filing Season Statistics for Week Ending April 7, 2017

2017 FILING SEASON STATISTICS
Cumulative statistics comparing 04/08/2016 and 04/07/2017
Individual Income Tax Returns:	2016	2017	% Change
Total Returns Received	107,452,000	103,612,000	-3.6
Total Returns Processed	104,527,000	100,990,000	-3.4

E-filing Receipts:
TOTAL	98,731,000	95,458,000	-3.3
Tax Professionals	57,006,000	54,720,000	-4.0
Self-prepared	41,725,000	40,738,000	-2.4

Web Usage:
Visits to IRS.gov	289,884,145	276,082,236	-4.8

Total Refunds:
Number	81,751,000	80,296,000	-1.8
Amount	$228.780Billion	$228.951Billion	0.1
Average refund	$2,798	$2,851	1.9

Direct Deposit Refunds:
Number	70,027,000	69,293,000	-1.0
Amount	$207.360Billion	$208.475Billion	0.5
Average refund	$2,961	$3,009	1.6

Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 12-Apr-2017

DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES

Institutional Authors
Internal Revenue Service
Subject Area/Tax Topics
Individual income taxation
Return preparation
Tax technology
Jurisdictions
United States
Tax Analysts Document Number
2017-49709
Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
2017 TNT 70-25

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