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CNBC article:The average tax refund for the week of April 19 was $2,725 ? down 2% from last year?s levels.
Overall, the federal government paid $260.9 billion in tax refunds, which is nearly $5 billion less compared to last spring.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/25/the...w-tax-refunds-look-compared-to-last-year.html

Because take home pay was increased by the tax cut.  (according to the New York Times)

Why a Tax Cut Might Not
Mean a Bigger Refund
By JEFF SOMMER and KEITH COLLINS FEB. 22, 2019

Thanks to a change in the law, most Americans received a tax cut in 2018, the government says. But many people are finding that they are getting smaller refunds than in the past, or even that they owe money.

That?s because some cuts came in the form of fatter paychecks. After the Internal Revenue Service sent out new withholding tables early last year, employers adjusted the amounts taken out in each pay period, whether you noticed or not.

Here?s how the tax overhaul ? and the amounts deducted from paychecks ? affected two hypothetical taxpayers, based on calculations by the Tax Foundation, an independent think tank.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/22/your-money/tax-cuts-refund-return.html