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.

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