95,746 Tax Refunds Waiting To be Claimed
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It might seem hard to believe, but the IRS has unclaimed refunds for 95,746 taxpayers because their checks could not be delivered!
The average refund payment is $963 for each of the 95,746 taxpayers (worth a total of $92.2 million!) whose refund checks have been returned to the Internal Revenue Service as undeliverable, because a taxpayer has moved without notifying the IRS or Postal Service of a change of address.
The checks can be claimed as soon as their taxpayer owners update their addresses with the IRS. In some cases, a taxpayer has more than one check waiting.
If you think you are missing your check, the IRS is working hard to make it easier than ever for taxpayers to update their information and claim their refunds by using the “Where’s My Refund?” feature on the home page of the IRS.gov Web site.
To use the feature and find out the status of your refund(s), enter your Social Security number, filing status (such as single or married filing jointly) and the refund amount shown on the your 2005 tax return.
When the information is submitted, “Where’s My Refund?†will display the status of a refund and, in some cases, provide instructions on how to resolve potential account issues.
Taxpayers can also access a telephone version of “Where’s My Refund?†by calling 1-800-829-1954.
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