Tax refunds are up from a year ago. Will that help the burn of higher gas prices?

The average tax refund amount is up nearly 11% from a year earlier, totaling $3,623 for the week of March 13, according to data from the Internal Revenue Service. The total amount the government has refunded, meanwhile, is up 12% in the same time frame, reaching $182.6 billion, the IRS said. Visits to IRS.gov have also surged more than 54% from a year ago as the tax filing season marches into its final weeks, with nearly 70 million returns already received by the government ahead of the April 15 filing de ...