Unclaimed Federal Tax Refunds for Tax Year 2018

March 25, 2022

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 nearly $1.5 billion — that was never sent to around 1.5 million individual taxpayers.

Tax refund 1040 IRS check

The reason? Those folks didn’t file tax year 2018 returns back in 2019 to claim their refunds. They have until the 2022 filing deadline, which is April 18, to get the money.

Yes, it’s pushed back a few days this year due the convergence of the tax deadline and federal Emancipation Day holiday in Washington, D.C.

As this blog post explains, miss that due date to claim your three-year-old refund and Uncle Sam gets to keep your money.

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

State or District

Estimated

Number of

Individuals

Median

Potential

Refund

Total

Potential

Refunds*

Alabama

24,474

$796

$23,028,940

Alaska

5,515

$969

$6,185,637

Arizona

38,182

$718

$33,577,964

Arkansas

13,727

$762

$12,567,925

California

148,938

$776

$139,660,163

Colorado

30,836

$787

$28,979,238

Connecticut

15,020

$864

$15,243,386

Delaware

5,764

$793

$5,486,810

District of Columbia

4,011

$802

$3,967,443

Florida

98,979

$818

$94,578,672

Georgia

51,034

$735

$46,467,229

Hawaii

8,199

$873

$8,317,290

Idaho

7,026

$686

$5,982,194

Illinois

55,767

$840

$54,850,831

Indiana

34,770

$839

$33,534,332

Iowa

14,843

$840

$14,255,896

Kansas

14,813

$822

$14,125,094

Kentucky

20,030

$836

$19,137,456

Louisiana

24,292

$793

$23,609,986

Maine

5,851

$772

$5,241,197

Maryland

30,224

$814

$29,637,361

Massachusetts

32,234

$908

$33,569,901

Michigan

49,252

$812

$47,228,525

Minnesota

22,685

$771

$20,920,613

Mississippi

13,007

$730

$11,753,943

Missouri

33,858

$783

$31,284,396

Montana

4,914

$758

$4,560,800

Nebraska

7,647

$809

$7,204,243

Nevada

17,919

$792

$16,896,077

New Hampshire

6,755

$920

$7,022,858

New Jersey

39,046

$872

$39,628,243

New Mexico

9,893

$804

$9,613,900

New York

77,315

$896

$79,825,137

North Carolina

50,069

$776

$45,990,818

North Dakota

4,011

$893

$4,139,793

Ohio

56,285

$793

$51,974,509

Oklahoma

21,529

$824

$21,075,857

Oregon

23,552

$715

$20,729,323

Pennsylvania

59,459

$865

$58,993,909

Rhode Island

4,011

$893

$4,099,614

South Carolina

18,063

$720

$16,288,951

South Dakota

3,872

$858

$3,718,677

Tennessee

30,693

$788

$28,459,178

Texas

145,616

$856

$147,059,248

Utah

11,644

$757

$10,648,614

Vermont

3,089

$832

$2,905,786

Virginia

41,663

$776

$39,285,545

Washington

42,272

$863

$43,022,251

West Virginia

6,968

$880

$7,146,354

Wisconsin

21,753

$755

$19,535,856

Wyoming

3,258

$912

$3,486,358

Totals

1,514,628

$813

$1,456,503,511

 

 

 

*excluding credits

If you think some of this unclaimed tax cash is yours, be sure to file your 2018 return by April 18, 2022.

And it bears repeating: Miss this deadline and you forever forfeit that three-year-old unclaimed refund.

Posted: Friday, March 25, 2022

 

 

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