State-by-State breakout of possibly forfeited refund money
The Internal Revenue Service is once again holding more than $1 billion that was never sent to more than 1 million taxpayers.
The reason? Those folks didn't file tax year 2014 returns to claim their refunds. They have until the 2018 filing deadline, which is April 17 this year, 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 |
17,700 |
$836 |
$18,302,700 |
|
Alaska |
4,500 |
$898 |
$5,263,200 |
|
Arizona |
23,800 |
$750 |
$23,496,700 |
|
Arkansas |
9,500 |
$808 |
$9,726,900 |
|
California |
93,600 |
$785 |
$95,745,100 |
|
Colorado |
20,400 |
$796 |
$20,887,500 |
|
Connecticut |
11,000 |
$934 |
$12,740,100 |
|
Delaware |
4,000 |
$883 |
$4,378,400 |
|
District of Columbia |
3,000 |
$850 |
$3,237,700 |
|
Florida |
69,800 |
$865 |
$74,040,300 |
|
Georgia |
34,800 |
$772 |
$35,006,000 |
|
Hawaii |
6,200 |
$898 |
$6,830,900 |
|
Idaho |
4,500 |
$723 |
$4,376,100 |
|
Illinois |
39,500 |
$895 |
$43,600,000 |
|
Indiana |
22,700 |
$878 |
$24,353,000 |
|
Iowa |
10,500 |
$885 |
$11,083,400 |
|
Kansas |
11,100 |
$852 |
$11,645,300 |
|
Kentucky |
13,600 |
$848 |
$14,034,100 |
|
Louisiana |
19,900 |
$846 |
$21,700,800 |
|
Maine |
4,000 |
$804 |
$3,941,700 |
|
Maryland |
21,800 |
$853 |
$23,773,000 |
|
Massachusetts |
22,800 |
$935 |
$26,018,500 |
|
Michigan |
34,100 |
$845 |
$36,505,700 |
|
Minnesota |
15,800 |
$785 |
$15,832,600 |
|
Mississippi |
10,200 |
$777 |
$10,291,100 |
|
Missouri |
23,000 |
$797 |
$23,212,400 |
|
Montana |
3,500 |
$808 |
$3,617,700 |
|
Nebraska |
5,600 |
$806 |
$5,629,100 |
|
Nevada |
12,000 |
$831 |
$12,663,200 |
|
New Hampshire |
4,600 |
$917 |
$5,169,500 |
|
New Jersey |
28,600 |
$928 |
$32,452,500 |
|
New Mexico |
7,800 |
$831 |
$8,472,600 |
|
New York |
53,600 |
$913 |
$60,135,600 |
|
North Carolina |
30,800 |
$791 |
$30,659,900 |
|
North Dakota |
3,000 |
$952 |
$3,433,300 |
|
Ohio |
38,100 |
$826 |
$38,956,700 |
|
Oklahoma |
17,200 |
$855 |
$18,366,800 |
|
Oregon |
15,100 |
$747 |
$14,816,600 |
|
Pennsylvania |
39,300 |
$907 |
$42,866,100 |
|
Rhode Island |
2,900 |
$916 |
$3,217,200 |
|
South Carolina |
12,000 |
$757 |
$12,023,400 |
|
South Dakota |
3,000 |
$866 |
$3,075,300 |
|
Tennessee |
20,300 |
$837 |
$20,967,500 |
|
Texas |
108,100 |
$899 |
$121,956,100 |
|
Utah |
7,800 |
$754 |
$7,831,300 |
|
Vermont |
2,100 |
$816 |
$2,028,600 |
|
Virginia |
27,800 |
$828 |
$29,345,300 |
|
Washington |
27,000 |
$894 |
$30,423,900 |
|
West Virginia |
5,200 |
$914 |
$5,875,100 |
|
Wisconsin |
13,400 |
$774 |
$13,041,800 |
|
Wyoming |
3,000 |
$973 |
$3,556,300 |
|
Totals |
1,043,600 |
$847 |
$1,110,605,000 |
If you think some of this unclaimed tax cash is yours, be sure to file your 2014 return by April 17, 2018.
And it bears repeating: Miss this deadline and your forever forfeit your old, unclaimed refund.
Find out more on these overlooked 2014 filings in this blog post.