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Information about where we host data, system security, and data encryption for users who are submitting forms and communicating online with the IRS.

May 13, 2022 ¡ª IRS processed 3.2 billion information returns in 2020. Information returns are not tax returns, and they are documents submitted to the IRS by third-party payors, not taxpayers. 99% of the information returns we used were matched to corresponding tax returns and processed. The remaining 1% of those documents were destroyed due to a software limitation and to make room for new documents relevant to the pending 2021 filing season.

On May 25, 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order 14074, Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety. The Executive Order instructs federal law enforcement agencies to publicly post their body-worn camera policies.

Cumulative filing season statistics comparing April 26, 2024, and April 25, 2025.

Cumulative statistics comparing May 3, 2024, and May 2, 2025.

Cumulative filing season statistics comparing May 10, 2024, and May 9, 2025.

The Security Summit coalition formed by the IRS, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry organized the 9th Annual National Tax Security Awareness Week on December 2-6, in a campaign to increase awareness of scams and schemes.

Filing season statistics for week ending Oct. 18, 2024, comparing Oct. 20, 2023 and Oct. 18, 2024.

Cumulative statistics comparing Dec. 29, 2023, and Dec. 27, 2024.

Cumulative statistics comparing March 29, 2024, and March 28, 2025.