Source: Drake software

Here are some 2016 Filing Season Statistics. The IRS processed 152,250,000 Individual Income Tax Returns. Which is 1% more than 2015. 131,851,000 returns were e-filed. Tax professional e-filed returns increased by 0.4%, while Do-it-yourself e-filed returns increased by 5.4%. $317,620,000,000 in refunds were issued by the Treasury. $2860 was the average refund in 2016, which is 2.3% more than 2015. 80% of all refunds were issued by direct deposit. 507,723,789 was the number of times IRS.gov was visited, which is 3.6% more than 2015.