State-by-State breakout of possibly forfeited refund money
The Internal Revenue Service is once again holding a vast amount of money — this year it’s more than $1.4 billion — that was never sent to around 1.2 million taxpayers.
The reason? Those folks didn’t file tax year 2015 returns to claim their refunds. They have until the 2019 filing deadline, which is April 15 or April 17 this year depending on where you live, 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 |
20,100 |
$865 |
$22,261,000 |
|
Alaska |
5,300 |
$921 |
$6,809,000 |
|
Arizona |
27,300 |
$780 |
$29,486,000 |
|
Arkansas |
11,200 |
$824 |
$12,000,000 |
|
California |
111,200 |
$832 |
$124,397,000 |
|
Colorado |
23,500 |
$824 |
$26,173,000 |
|
Connecticut |
12,700 |
$952 |
$15,981,000 |
|
Delaware |
4,800 |
$886 |
$5,570,000 |
|
District of Columbia |
3,400 |
$918 |
$4,219,000 |
|
Florida |
84,000 |
$887 |
$95,697,000 |
|
Georgia |
41,100 |
$799 |
$44,754,000 |
|
Hawaii |
7,000 |
$935 |
$8,523,000 |
|
Idaho |
5,200 |
$712 |
$5,209,000 |
|
Illinois |
45,800 |
$924 |
$54,804,000 |
|
Indiana |
26,900 |
$895 |
$30,670,000 |
|
Iowa |
12,300 |
$913 |
$13,737,000 |
|
Kansas |
12,700 |
$874 |
$14,283,000 |
|
Kentucky |
15,700 |
$874 |
$17,246,100 |
|
Louisiana |
22,600 |
$884 |
$26,759,000 |
|
Maine |
4,700 |
$806 |
$4,820,000 |
|
Maryland |
25,700 |
$897 |
$31,274,000 |
|
Massachusetts |
26,100 |
$973 |
$32,579,000 |
|
Michigan |
39,700 |
$873 |
$45,535,000 |
|
Minnesota |
18,000 |
$813 |
$19,222,000 |
|
Mississippi |
11,200 |
$814 |
$12,032,000 |
|
Missouri |
27,000 |
$825 |
$29,008,000 |
|
Montana |
4,100 |
$831 |
$4,521,000 |
|
Nebraska |
6,300 |
$870 |
$6,923,000 |
|
Nevada |
13,700 |
$867 |
$15,728,000 |
|
New Hampshire |
5,500 |
$976 |
$6,859,000 |
|
New Jersey |
33,100 |
$960 |
$41,353,000 |
|
New Mexico |
8,600 |
$860 |
$9,950,000 |
|
New York |
62,500 |
$964 |
$77,662,000 |
|
North Carolina |
37,100 |
$831 |
$39,955,000 |
|
North Dakota |
3,700 |
$980 |
$4,493,000 |
|
Ohio |
43,600 |
$852 |
$47,428,700 |
|
Oklahoma |
19,100 |
$886 |
$22,006,000 |
|
Oregon |
17,900 |
$779 |
$19,118,000 |
|
Pennsylvania |
46,000 |
$934 |
$53,541,000 |
|
Rhode Island |
3,300 |
$949 |
$4,025,000 |
|
South Carolina |
14,600 |
$777 |
$15,701,000 |
|
South Dakota |
3,000 |
$928 |
$3,646,000 |
|
Tennessee |
24,000 |
$853 |
$25,976,000 |
|
Texas |
129,300 |
$929 |
$158,244,000 |
|
Utah |
9,300 |
$791 |
$9,859,000 |
|
Vermont |
2,200 |
$876 |
$2,388,000 |
|
Virginia |
32,900 |
$867 |
$38,441,000 |
|
Washington |
32,400 |
$939 |
$40,142,000 |
|
West Virginia |
5,900 |
$948 |
$6,979,000 |
|
Wisconsin |
16,100 |
$787 |
$16,532,000 |
|
Wyoming |
3,300 |
$958 |
$3,964,000 |
|
Totals |
1,223,000 |
$879 |
$1,408,482,000 |
|
|
|
|
*excluding credits |
If you think some of this unclaimed tax cash is yours, be sure to file your 2015 return by your applicable April 2019 deadline.
And it bears repeating: Miss this deadline and your forever forfeit your old, unclaimed refund.
Find out more on these overlooked 2015 filings in this blog post.
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