Does the IRS Owe You Money?

An average refund of $963 is waiting for 95,746 taxpayers whose refund checks have been returned to the Internal Revenue Service as undeliverable.
The checks, worth a total of $92.2 million, can be claimed as soon as their owners update their addresses with the IRS. In some cases, a taxpayer has more than one check waiting.

The reason? A lot of the time people do not get their refunds because many taxpayers they move without notifying the IRS or Postal Service of a change of address.

How to claim your money.
According to the IRS,axpayers can use the “Where’s My Refund?” feature on the home page of the IRS.gov Web site to learn the status of their refunds. To use it, a taxpayer must enter information such as a Social Security number. When the information is submitted, the site will display the status of a refund and, in some cases, provide instructions on how to resolve potential account issues.

Taxpayers can access a telephone version of “Where’s My Refund?” by calling 1-800-829-1954.

How to Update an Address with the IRS

“Where’s My Refund?” now has an online mailing address update feature for taxpayers whose refund checks were returned to IRS. If an undeliverable check was originally issued within the past 12 months, the taxpayer will be prompted online to provide an updated mailing address.

The address update feature is only available to taxpayers using the Web version of “Where’s My Refund?” Taxpayers with undelivered refund checks who access “Where’s My Refund?” by phone will receive instructions on next steps. Individuals whose refunds were not returned to IRS as undeliverable cannot update their mailing addresses through the “Where’s My Refund?” service.

A taxpayer can also ensure the IRS has his or her correct address by filing Form 8822, Change of Address. Download the form from IRS.gov or request it by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676).

Direct Deposit Can Put an End to Lost Refunds

To put an end to undelivered refunds, the IRS says that taxpayers can take advantage of Direct Deposit. Taxpayers who choose this service receive their refunds directly into a personal checking or savings account. Direct Deposit, which also guards against theft or lost refund checks, is available for filers of both paper and electronic returns.


Don’t fall for any email scams about your refund! IRS never initiates emails!
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