2023 US Tax Tracker #2: IRS Issues $127.3 Billion in Refunds, Number of Returns Up by 10.6%

What's Inside

Each year, the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) reports tax return filings and refunds on a weekly basis. This year, the filing deadline is on April 18. Continuing our US Tax Tracker series, we look at what has happened in the 2023 tax-filing season so far, as of March 3, 2023.

Data in this report include:

• Number of returns filed and processed, and total and average refunds returned to date
• Total annual refunds disbursed, 2015–2023YTD

Other relevant research:

• Tax-filing metrics in the year-ago period: 2022 US Tax Tracker #2: IRS Issues $103 Billion in Refunds; Average Refund Up 15%
• Our wrap-up report on the 2022 filing season