| The Internal Revenue has released the following statistics comparing the 2011 and 2010 tax filing seasons, as of Dec. 31, 2011. | |
| 2010 2011 Percent change | |
| Total individual returns received 142,449,000 145,320,000 2.0 | |
| Total returns filed electronically 98,740,000 112,226,000 13.6 | |
| Total money refunded $328.4 billion $318.5 billion -3.0 | |
| Average refund $3,003 $2,913 -3.0 | |
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