<\/a>in shorter season, professional e-filings are down only 5.6%.
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by beth bellor<\/em><\/p>\n

year-to-year tax filing statistics stabilized ever so slightly this week, as average refunds slipped out of the red and irs visits backed off a bit in pace.<\/p>\n

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the internal revenue service had received 93.2 million individual income tax returns as of april 2, down 4.3 percent from the same period in 2020. in releasing the latest available data, the agency noted that the filing season began 18 days later this year, skewing comparisons.
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\nof returns received, 83.7 million had been processed, down 9.5 percent. the processing rate stood at 89.8 percent.<\/p>\n

e-filings<\/strong><\/p>\n

of the 93.2 million returns, 88.3 million were filed electronically, down 3.5 percent. tax professionals e-filed 45 million returns, down 5.6 percent from 2020, while self-preparers e-filed 43.3 million, down 1.1 percent.<\/p>\n

the pros handled 49 percent of electronic filings.<\/p>\n

website visits<\/strong><\/p>\n

visits to irs.gov topped a billion, at 1.07 billion up 147.6 percent.<\/p>\n

refunds<\/strong><\/p>\n

the irs has issued 62.3 million refunds, down 15.9 percent, in the total amount of $180.3 billion, down 15.4 percent. the average refund of $2,893 was \u2013 wait for it \u2013 up<\/strong> 0.5 percent.<\/p>\n

direct deposit refunds numbered 58.3 million, down 6 percent, in the total amount of $172.3 billion, down 8.3 percent. the average direct deposit refund of $2,954 was down 2.5 percent.<\/p>\n

direct deposit accounted for 93.6 percent of all refunds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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