The IRS has refunds totaling more than $1 billion awaiting claim by around 1 million people who didn't file a federal income tax return for the 2008 tax year.
If you're one of them, you must file that prior-year return by this filing season's deadline, April 17.
The median possible tax refund from 2008 is $637. But as the list below shows, residents of some states could get more than that … as long as they file their old return by next month's due date.
|
Number |
Median |
Total |
|
| Alabama |
18,400 |
$641 |
$15,738,000 |
| Alaska |
5,800 |
$641 |
$5,952,000 |
| Arizona |
29,000 |
$558 |
$24,913,000 |
| Arkansas |
9,600 |
$620 |
$8,152,000 |
| California |
122,500 |
$595 |
$112,201,000 |
| Colorado |
20,500 |
$589 |
$18,909,000 |
| Connecticut |
12,500 |
$697 |
$13,893,000 |
| Delaware |
4,200 |
$644 |
$3,784,000 |
| District of Columbia |
4,000 |
$642 |
$3,791,000 |
| Florida |
70,400 |
$650 |
$66,974,000 |
| Georgia |
35,800 |
$581 |
$30,661,000 |
| Hawaii |
7,600 |
$714 |
$8,307,000 |
| Idaho |
4,700 |
$541 |
$3,878,000 |
| Illinois |
40,800 |
$692 |
$40,712,000 |
| Indiana |
21,800 |
$664 |
$19,590,000 |
| Iowa |
10,600 |
$658 |
$9,295,000 |
| Kansas |
11,500 |
$631 |
$10,084,000 |
| Kentucky |
12,300 |
$640 |
$10,501,000 |
| Louisiana |
20,500 |
$662 |
$18,859,000 |
| Maine |
4,000 |
$579 |
$3,248,000 |
| Maryland |
24,600 |
$641 |
$22,591,000 |
| Massachusetts |
23,900 |
$699 |
$22,957,000 |
| Michigan |
33,300 |
$660 |
$30,903,000 |
| Minnesota |
15,200 |
$584 |
$12,772,000 |
| Mississippi |
9,900 |
$591 |
$8,254,000 |
| Missouri |
21,600 |
$593 |
$18,213,000 |
| Montana |
3,600 |
$599 |
$3,192,000 |
| Nebraska |
5,100 |
$623 |
$4,371,000 |
| Nevada |
14,500 |
$619 |
$13,381,000 |
| New Hampshire |
4,300 |
$733 |
$4,518,000 |
| New Jersey |
31,300 |
$716 |
$31,185,000 |
| New Mexico |
8,000 |
$611 |
$7,420,000 |
| New York |
60,300 |
$686 |
$61,240,000 |
| North Carolina |
30,800 |
$558 |
$24,997,000 |
| North Dakota |
2,000 |
$625 |
$1,895,000 |
| Ohio |
36,400 |
$622 |
$31,018,000 |
| Oklahoma |
16,800 |
$620 |
$14,787,000 |
| Oregon |
18,500 |
$527 |
$14,819,000 |
| Pennsylvania |
38,700 |
$695 |
$35,565,000 |
| Rhode Island |
3,400 |
$674 |
$3,040,000 |
| South Carolina |
12,200 |
$547 |
$10,158,000 |
| South Dakota |
2,300 |
$669 |
$2,234,000 |
| Tennessee |
18,400 |
$626 |
$16,130,000 |
| Texas |
96,200 |
$689 |
$97,057,000 |
| Utah |
7,800 |
$536 |
$6,676,000 |
| Vermont |
1,700 |
$647 |
$1,410,000 |
| Virginia |
30,800 |
$624 |
$28,670,000 |
| Washington |
29,900 |
$705 |
$32,138,000 |
| West Virginia |
4,300 |
$687 |
$4,068,000 |
| Wisconsin |
14,100 |
$592 |
$11,885,000 |
| Wyoming |
2,600 |
$773 |
$2,919,000 |
|
Grand Total |
1,089,000 |
$637 |
$1,009,905,000 |
*Excluding the Earned Income Tax Credit and other credits.
