irs.gov visits top 1 billion.
by beth bellor
with two long months to go in this pandemic-stretched tax season, all the key figures are down, down, down … except visits to the irs website, of course, and a flat spot for diyers.
will business pick up as states reopen? or are the clients waiting in the wings the ones no one wants?
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the irs had received 125.5 million individual income tax returns as of the week ending may 1, the latest data available, down 11 percent from the same period one year ago. it had processed 113.1 million returns, down 16.1 percent.
the agency had processed 90.1 percent of returns received this year, off its usual 95 percent pace.
e-filing receipts
a total 113.1 million returns were filed electronically, down 11.3 percent. tax professionals handled 57 million returns, down 20.2 percent, while self-preparers filed 56.1 million, up 24,000 and statistically flat.
the pros kept their slim edge with 50.4 percent of e-filings.
website visits
visits to irs.gov topped 1 billion, up 129.7 percent.
refunds
total refunds numbered 93.2 million, down 7.2 percent, in the total amount of $252.2 billion, down 8.1 percent. the average refund of $2,707 was down 0.9 percent.
direct deposit refunds numbered 78.1 million, down 9.5 percent, in the total amount of $221.5 billion, down 10.6 percent. the average direct deposit refund of $2,836 was down 1.2 percent.