The U.S. Treasury Inspector for Tax Administration has issued an audit report on the results of the 2018 tax filing season.
Through May 4, 2018, the IRS received 140.9 million tax returns and issued more than 101.3 million refunds totaling some $282 billion. More than 89% of the returns were e-filed. The agency processed 4.9 million returns that reported nearly $27 billion in health insurance Premium Tax Credits either received in advance or claimed at the time of filing.
