Insight Report2023 US Tax Tracker #4: Post-Tax-Day Wrap-Up—IRS Issues $237 Billion in Refunds, Coresight Research Survey Reveals Consumers’ Plans for Tax Refunds Aden Dillon D'Souza, Analyst May 12, 2023 Reasons to ReadEach year, the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) reports tax return filings and refunds on a weekly basis. This year, the filing deadline was on April 18. Wrapping up our US Tax Tracker series, we look at what happened in the 2023 tax-filing season, as of April 21, 2023. We also discuss consumers’ plans for their tax refunds, based on proprietary survey data. Data in this research report include: US consumer expectations to receive tax refunds US consumers’ plans to use their tax refunds, including the categories that they expect to spend on Number of returns filed and processed, and total and average refunds returned to date Total annual refunds disbursed, 2015–2023YTD Other relevant research: Our wrap-up report on the 2022 filing season Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Holiday 2025 Survey Insights: Dollar Stores and Temu Break into the Top Five RetailersHigh-Income Consumers Drive Uptick in Financial Optimism: Weekly US Consumer Sentiment, Week 22, 2025—InfographicMay 2025 US Retail Sales: Core Sales Growth Proves Solid Despite Pull-Forward of PurchasesEarnings Insights 3Q25: Abercrombie, Best Buy, Dick’s, Kohl’s and Urban Outfitters Strengthen Sales Performance
