“The average IRS tax refund is up 11% compared to last year.”
What PolitiFact found
Official IRS statistics show that by late March, average refunds were about 11.1% higher than they were in 2025, a number that has remained steady in the weeks since. Tax experts agree that the 2025 tax bill is the main reason, as taxpayers reap the rewards of tax reductions they had not planned for in their withholding.
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In short
Nick Langworthy (U.S. Representative, R-N.Y.) made this claim around 31 March 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 May 2026, 41 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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