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Tax Refund Totals Up 7%

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Individual amounts are up 5 percent.

By Beth Bellor

Winter is fading away but busy season remains with us.

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As of March 7, the latest data available, the Internal Revenue Service had received 61.4 million individual income tax returns, down 2.1 percent from the same period one year ago. It had processed 60.8 million returns, down 1.8 percent.
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Tax Pros Handle 46% of E-Filings

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Individual refunds are up 6 percent.

By Beth Bellor

Busy season is rolling along pretty much as usual.

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As of Feb. 28, the latest data available, the Internal Revenue Service had received 52.4 million individual income tax returns, down 3 percent from the same period in 2024. It had processed 51.8 million returns, down 2.7 percent.
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Tax Refund Totals Up 10%

Tax pros hold 44 percent of the market, one-half percentage point less than a year ago.

By Beth Bellor

For the first time this busy season, the IRS is reporting not just refund numbers and average amounts but also the total amounts refunded. It’s good news: up 10 percent for both total and direct deposit refunds.

MORE: Tax Refunds Plummet, but No Worries | Tax Refunds Up 18% Early On | First Tax Filing Reports Are In
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As of Feb. 21, the most recent data available, the agency had received 42.7 million individual income tax returns, down 4.2 percent from the same period in 2024. It had processed 42.4 million returns, down 3.8 percent.
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Tax Refunds Plummet, but No Worries

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* Total tax returns processed includes returns received in the prior or current year and processed in 2025. # Total refunds issued represents refunds for returns received and processed in 2025, which reflects current year returns only. However, the number of direct deposit refunds represents refunds for both current and prior year returns processed in 2025, which makes this figure larger than the “total number of refunds” listed for the current year.

 

Tax pros handling 41% of e-filings.

By Beth Bellor

Refunds, the one bright spot of the 2025 tax season so far, have dropped, and not just a little – 31 percent and more.

MORE: Tax Refunds Up 18% Early On | First Tax Filing Reports Are In
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Of course the IRS has an explanation. It’s a plausible one and, as usual, tied to timing.

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Tax Refunds Up 18% Early On

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Most other tallies are down by around 7 percent.

By Beth Bellor

Once again, refunds are up and everything else is down in the world of individual income tax returns.

MORE: First Tax Filing Reports Are In
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At the close of the second week of tax season, the IRS had received 23.6 million returns, down 7.7 percent from the same week in 2024. It had processed 23.5 million returns, down 7.6 percent, which includes returns received in 2024 or 2025 and processed this year.
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