Statistics on Income Tax Returns, Forms, Collections

Taxes are important, but there are often the last thing on people's minds. According to a 2018 WalletHub survey, people would rather do the following than their taxes:

July duty: 51.16%
Miss a connecting flight: 26.92%
Talk to their kids about sex: 19.45%
Swim with sharks: 13.42%
Spend the night in jail: 11.58%
Drink expired milk: 10.28%
Break an arm: 5.18%

The survey also asked them about their biggest Tax Day fears:

Making a math mistake: 30.13%
Not having enough money: 29.32%
Identity theft: 24.46%
Getting audited: 16.08%

If you rather do your taxes or do not have a Tax Day fear, review the IRS Tax Return statistics below. This page is continuously being updated as data and statics become available.

IRS Income Tax Return and Form Data by Tax Year

Tax Year	Tax Returns	1040 (T)	1040A (T)	1040EZ (T)	1040 (e)	1040A (e)	1040EZ (e)
2017	150,690,787	**	**	**	**	**	**
2016	150,711,378	**	**	**	**	**	**
2015	150,493,263	85,937,245	40,701,100	23,854,918	72,161,422	37,738,135	21,379,809
2014	148,606,579	84,921,477	40,466,308	23,218,794	70,440,578	37,206,180	20,472,145
2013	147,351,299	84,654,613	39,406,366	23,290,320	69,350,524	35,890,253	20,077,203
2012	144,928,472	83,631,395	38,243,922	23,053,156	87,402,503	34,305,758	18,605,988
2011	145,370,240	84,189,061	38,598,005	22,583,173	66,003,531	34,207,257	18,709,798
2010	142,892,050	84,071,480	40,810,489	18,010,081	62,427,066	35,419,288	13,713,200

*) Source IRS publications: (T) Total Forms - (e) e-filed Forms

**) To be updated when IRS releases 2016 and 2017 publications

IRS Income Tax Return Forms, Schedules by Tax Year

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Total Income and Salaries, Wages Income by Tax Year

Tax Year	Total Income***	Salaries, Wages***
2015	$ 10,360,403	$ 7,122,223
2014	$ 9,916,220	$ 6,784,948
2013	$ 9,233,511	$ 6,475,381
2012	$ 9,234,159	$ 6,301,358
2011	$ 8,498,486	$ 6,055,389
2010	$ 8,208,441	$ 5,837,350

IRS Total Gross & Net Tax Collection by Tax Year

Tax Year	Gross Taxes**	Refunds**	Net Taxes**
2017	$ 3,416,714,139	$ 436,972,873	$ 2,979,742,266
2016	$ 3,333,449,083	$ 426,146,066	$ 2,907,303,017
2015	$ 3,302,677,258	$ 403,272,691	$ 2,899,404,567
2014	$ 3,064,301,358	$ 373,545,926	$ 2,690,755,432
2013	$ 2,855,059,420	$ 364,353,723	$ 2,490,705,698
2012	$ 2,524,320,134	$ 373,428,754	$ 2,150,891,380
2011	$ 2,414,952,112	$ 415,880,344	$ 1,999,071,767
2010	$ 2,345,055,978	$ 467,302,973	$ 1,877,753,005

***)Million US Dollars

**)Thousand US Dollars

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