The IRS announced yesterday (IR-2010-24) that 1.4 million people have more than $1.3 billion in unclaimed tax refunds for the 2006 tax year sitting in the IRS’s coffers. The median unclaimed refund is $604. The deadline for requesting a refund is April 15, 2010. Here is the state-by-state breakdown of the unclaimed refunds:
Individuals | Median Refund | Total Refunds ($000)* | |
21,800 | $608 | $18,839 | |
6,300 | $693 | $6,997 | |
39,900 | $507 | $33,921 | |
11,800 | $579 | $10,543 | |
159,700 | $554 | $150,640 | |
25,200 | $531 | $23,119 | |
15,500 | $686 | $18,676 | |
5,200 | $622 | $5,297 | |
5,100 | $601 | $5,448 | |
101,700 | $641 | $110,709 | |
45,700 | $560 | $42,642 | |
9,500 | $668 | $10,658 | |
5,800 | $482 | $4,723 | |
51,400 | $655 | $54,740 | |
26,600 | $641 | $24,146 | |
12,200 | $596 | $9,990 | |
13,400 | $586 | $11,771 | |
14,500 | $610 | $12,976 | |
23,800 | $641 | $24,615 | |
4,900 | $561 | $4,203 | |
30,800 | $616 | $29,938 | |
29,000 | $669 | $31,939 | |
42,800 | $618 | $40,790 | |
18,900 | $552 | $16,227 | |
11,800 | $567 | $10,120 | |
25,800 | $561 | $21,090 | |
4,000 | $530 | $3,425 | |
6,100 | $590 | $5,390 | |
19,400 | $575 | $19,163 | |
5,400 | $706 | $5,943 | |
39,900 | $666 | $43,030 | |
9,800 | $560 | $8,612 | |
76,700 | $666 | $87,563 | |
39,100 | $539 | $32,919 | |
2,100 | $589 | $1,875 | |
44,600 | $593 | $38,467 | |
18,200 | $576 | $15,779 | |
21,900 | $490 | $18,340 | |
47,100 | $652 | $45,050 | |
4,300 | $652 | $4,231 | |
16,400 | $534 | $13,810 | |
2,500 | $604 | $2,193 | |
22,200 | $598 | $19,756 | |
109,600 | $653 | $114,720 | |
9,200 | $528 | $9,592 | |
2,200 | $565 | $1,782 | |
40,600 | $594 | $39,460 | |
37,100 | $641 | $39,713 | |
4,800 | $660 | $4,775 | |
17,000 | $564 | $14,903 | |
2,900 | $691 | $3,229 | |
US Armed Forces | 4,800 | $821 | $4,367 |
US Possessions & Territories | 200 | $887 | $444 |
Totals | 1,367,200 | $604 | $1,333,288 |
*Excluding the Earned Income Tax Credit and other credits.
