The IRS is holding more than $1 billion that was never sent to around 1 million taxpayers.
The reason? Those folks didn’t file tax year 2013 returns to claim their refunds. They have until the 2017 filing deadline, which is April 18 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 |
18,100 |
$729 |
$17,549,000 |
|
Alaska |
4,700 |
$917 |
$5,665,000 |
|
Arizona |
24,800 |
$650 |
$22,642,000 |
|
Arkansas |
9,900 |
$722 |
$9,571,000 |
|
California |
97,200 |
$696 |
$93,406,000 |
|
Colorado |
20,200 |
$699 |
$19,454,000 |
|
Connecticut |
11,500 |
$846 |
$12,691,000 |
|
Delaware |
4,300 |
$776 |
$4,321,000 |
|
District of Columbia |
3,200 |
$762 |
$3,341,000 |
|
Florida |
66,900 |
$776 |
$67,758,000 |
|
Georgia |
34,400 |
$671 |
$32,082,000 |
|
Hawaii |
6,500 |
$793 |
$6,876,000 |
|
Idaho |
4,500 |
$619 |
$3,919,000 |
|
Illinois |
40,000 |
$834 |
$42,673,000 |
|
Indiana |
21,700 |
$788 |
$22,060,000 |
|
Iowa |
10,200 |
$808 |
$10,193,000 |
|
Kansas |
11,100 |
$746 |
$10,700,000 |
|
Kentucky |
12,900 |
$772 |
$12,627,000 |
|
Louisiana |
20,300 |
$767 |
$21,209,000 |
|
Maine |
4,000 |
$715 |
$3,645,000 |
|
Maryland |
22,200 |
$770 |
$23,080,000 |
|
Massachusetts |
23,000 |
$838 |
$24,950,000 |
|
Michigan |
33,600 |
$763 |
$33,998,000 |
|
Minnesota |
15,600 |
$691 |
$14,544,000 |
|
Mississippi |
10,400 |
$702 |
$10,041,000 |
|
Missouri |
22,400 |
$705 |
$20,787,000 |
|
Montana |
3,600 |
$727 |
$3,480,000 |
|
Nebraska |
5,300 |
$745 |
$5,084,000 |
|
Nevada |
12,300 |
$753 |
$12,078,000 |
|
New Hampshire |
4,400 |
$892 |
$4,930,000 |
|
New Jersey |
29,900 |
$873 |
$33,207,000 |
|
New Mexico |
8,100 |
$753 |
$8,162,000 |
|
New York |
54,700 |
$847 |
$56,416,000 |
|
North Carolina |
29,800 |
$656 |
$26,874,000 |
|
North Dakota |
2,900 |
$888 |
$3,209,000 |
|
Ohio |
36,000 |
$749 |
$34,547,000 |
|
Oklahoma |
17,700 |
$773 |
$17,979,000 |
|
Oregon |
15,500 |
$658 |
$14,188,000 |
|
Pennsylvania |
39,400 |
$835 |
$41,078,000 |
|
Rhode Island |
2,900 |
$796 |
$2,906,000 |
|
South Carolina |
12,100 |
$674 |
$11,267,000 |
|
South Dakota |
2,700 |
$823 |
$2,709,000 |
|
Tennessee |
19,500 |
$743 |
$18,829,000 |
|
Texas |
104,700 |
$829 |
$115,580,000 |
|
Utah |
7,900 |
$667 |
$7,443,000 |
|
Vermont |
2,000 |
$747 |
$1,859,000 |
|
Virginia |
29,000 |
$752 |
$29,578,000 |
|
Washington |
27,600 |
$829 |
$30,330,000 |
|
West Virginia |
5,000 |
$855 |
$5,258,000 |
|
Wisconsin |
12,700 |
$675 |
$11,619,000 |
|
Wyoming |
2,800 |
$911 |
$3,189,000 |
|
Totals |
1,042,600 |
$763 |
$1,054,581,000 |
If you think some of this unclaimed tax cash is yours, be sure to file your 2013 return by April 18, 2017.
And it bears repeating: Miss this deadline and your forever forfeit your refund.
Find out more on these overlooked 2013 filings in this blog post.
