The average tax refund amount is 4.6% higher—and $140 more—this tax season than at this time last year, according to data released by the IRS on March 28.
As of March 21, the average refund amount was $3,221, up from $3,081 on March 22, 2024, the data shows. The IRS has sent more than 55.7 million refunds to taxpayers totaling nearly $179.5 billion thus far this tax season, an increase of 1.3% and 5.9%, respectively, from last year.
The total number of tax returns the agency has received is down 1.1% from this time last year—80,470,000 in 2024 versus 79,616,000 in 2025. But that number is expected to rise in the next couple of weeks leading up to the April 15 federal tax filing deadline. The IRS said before the 2025 tax season began on Jan. 27 that it expects more than 140 million individual tax returns to be filed by the deadline.
Here are the latest tax filing season statistics from the IRS:
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