

IR-2013-94, Dec. 4, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced a milestone for IRS e-file – more than 122 million returns were e-filed during 2013. The statistics provided today contain complete e-file totals for 2013.
This year, the IRS received more than 45.2 million returns from those who prepared and e-filed their own returns on home computers, up from 43.2 million a year earlier, an increase of 4.6 percent. E-filed returns from tax professionals increased slightly, totaling more than 77 million returns. Whether they are self prepared or prepared by a tax return preparer, 91 percent of all tax returns filed by individuals are prepared on computers using tax preparation software, which improves the accuracy of those returns.
Other highlights from the new filing season statistics show:
During 2013, the IRS issued more than 109 million refunds worth almost $300 billion.
Almost 77 percent of refund recipients chose to receive their refunds through direct deposit.
More people are using IRS.gov to get answers, file their returns and resolve issues. So far in 2013, the IRS web site has been accessed more than 430 million times, up almost 24 percent compared to the same time last year.
 

2013 FILING SEASON STATISTICS


Cumulative statistics comparing 11/23/12 and 11/22/13


Individual Income Tax Returns:


2012


2013


% Change


Total Receipts


147,874,000


147,744,000


-0.1


Total Processed


147,284,000


147,223,000


-0.04


 


 


 


 


E-filing Receipts:


 


 


 


TOTAL           


 119,560,000


122,515,000


2.5


Tax Professionals


76,322,000


77,268,000


1.2


Self-prepared


43,238,000


45,247,000


4.6


 


 


 


 


Web Usage:


 


 


 


Visits to IRS.gov


353,974,215


438,066,180


23.8


 


 


 


 


Total Refunds:


 


 


 


Number


110,224,000


109,261,000


-0.9


Amount


$307.983


Billion


$299.863


Billion


-2.6


Average refund


 $2,794


$2,744


-1.8


 


 


 


 


Direct Deposit Refunds:


 


 


 


Number


 82,735,000


83,728,000


 1.2


Amount


$246.657


Billion


$244.929


Billion


-0.7


Average refund


 $2,981


$2,925


-1.9

 
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