New data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) show that the average tax refunds in the 2026 filing season have risen about 11 percent as the filing deadline soon approaches.
The IRS said that as of March 20, the latest data available, the average refund increased 10.9 percent from $3,221 from the same time period last year to $3,571 so far during the 2026 filing season, according to an update published on the agency website on March 27.
The total amount that the IRS said was refunded to taxpayers was more than $202 billion, according to the agency, which represented a 12.9 percent increase from the $179 billion that was refunded during the same time period last year….