Unclaimed Federal Tax Refunds for Tax Year 2014

March 8, 2018

State-by-State breakout of possibly forfeited refund money

The Internal Revenue Service is once again holding more than $1 billion that was never sent to more than 1 million taxpayers.

The reason? Those folks didn’t file tax year 2014 returns to claim their refunds. They have until the 2018 filing deadline, which is April 17 this year, to claim this money or Uncle Sam gets to keep it.

The table below details just how much unclaimed money is due taxpayers in all 50 state and the District of Columbia.

State or District	Estimated Number of Individuals	Median Potential Refund	Total Potential Refunds
Alabama	17,700	$836	$18,302,700
Alaska	4,500	$898	$5,263,200
Arizona	23,800	$750	$23,496,700
Arkansas	9,500	$808	$9,726,900
California	93,600	$785	$95,745,100
Colorado	20,400	$796	$20,887,500
Connecticut	11,000	$934	$12,740,100
Delaware	4,000	$883	$4,378,400
District of Columbia	3,000	$850	$3,237,700
Florida	69,800	$865	$74,040,300
Georgia	34,800	$772	$35,006,000
Hawaii	6,200	$898	$6,830,900
Idaho	4,500	$723	$4,376,100
Illinois	39,500	$895	$43,600,000
Indiana	22,700	$878	$24,353,000
Iowa	10,500	$885	$11,083,400
Kansas	11,100	$852	$11,645,300
Kentucky	13,600	$848	$14,034,100
Louisiana	19,900	$846	$21,700,800
Maine	4,000	$804	$3,941,700
Maryland	21,800	$853	$23,773,000
Massachusetts	22,800	$935	$26,018,500
Michigan	34,100	$845	$36,505,700
Minnesota	15,800	$785	$15,832,600
Mississippi	10,200	$777	$10,291,100
Missouri	23,000	$797	$23,212,400
Montana	3,500	$808	$3,617,700
Nebraska	5,600	$806	$5,629,100
Nevada	12,000	$831	$12,663,200
New Hampshire	4,600	$917	$5,169,500
New Jersey	28,600	$928	$32,452,500
New Mexico	7,800	$831	$8,472,600
New York	53,600	$913	$60,135,600
North Carolina	30,800	$791	$30,659,900
North Dakota	3,000	$952	$3,433,300
Ohio	38,100	$826	$38,956,700
Oklahoma	17,200	$855	$18,366,800
Oregon	15,100	$747	$14,816,600
Pennsylvania	39,300	$907	$42,866,100
Rhode Island	2,900	$916	$3,217,200
South Carolina	12,000	$757	$12,023,400
South Dakota	3,000	$866	$3,075,300
Tennessee	20,300	$837	$20,967,500
Texas	108,100	$899	$121,956,100
Utah	7,800	$754	$7,831,300
Vermont	2,100	$816	$2,028,600
Virginia	27,800	$828	$29,345,300
Washington	27,000	$894	$30,423,900
West Virginia	5,200	$914	$5,875,100
Wisconsin	13,400	$774	$13,041,800
Wyoming	3,000	$973	$3,556,300
Totals	1,043,600	$847	$1,110,605,000

If you think some of this unclaimed tax cash is yours, be sure to file your 2014 return by April 17, 2018.

And it bears repeating: Miss this deadline and your forever forfeit your old, unclaimed refund.

Find out more on these overlooked 2014 filings in this blog post.

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