

IR-2017-89, April 25, 2017
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that the agency has received 135.6 million returns this year following a late surge of filings last week.
During the week ending April 21, the IRS received more than 17 million tax returns. The vast majority, 13.6 million returns, were filed through IRS e-file. 
Looking at the entire tax filing season, the IRS has received 135.6 million tax returns through April 21. With the influx of returns last week, the number of filings is now close to the number of returns from last year’s filing season.
With the mid-April filings, the number of refunds issued this year swelled to 97 million worth $268.3 billion. The average refund was $2,763, up slightly from last year’s average of $2,711.
Taxpayers have filed 11.6 million extension forms this filing season, up 0.9 percent compared to the same time last year. The vast majority of extensions were e-filed, 9.7 million, an increase of 11 percent from the same time last year.
An extension form filed by the deadline allows a taxpayer to hold off on filing the actual tax return for six months, although any tax due must have been paid by the April 18 deadline to avoid interest and penalties.

2017 FILING SEASON STATISTICS


Cumulative statistics comparing 04/22/2016 and 04/21/2017

Individual Income Tax Returns:

2016


2017


% Change

Total Returns Received

136,528,000


135,638,000


-0.7

Total Returns Processed

129,456,000


128,789,000


-0.5

 

 


 


 

E-filing Receipts:

 


 


 

TOTAL           

122,546,000


122,164,000


-0.3

Tax Professionals

70,864,000


70,401,000


-0.7

Self-prepared

51,682,000


51,763,000


0.2

 

 


 


 

Web Usage:

 


 


 

Visits to IRS.gov

325,525,568


312,255,666


-4.1

 

 


 


 

Total Refunds:

 


 


 

Number

97,079,000


97,104,000


0.0

Amount

$263.197

Billion

$268.296

Billion

1.9

Average refund

$2,711


$2,763


1.9


 

Direct Deposit Refunds:

 


 


 

Number

81,221,000


81,646,000


0.5

Amount

$234.269

Billion

$239.410

Billion

2.2

Average refund

$2,884


$2,932


1.7

 
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