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 an estimated $1.3 billion — that was never sent to around 1.3 million individual taxpayers.
The reason? Those folks didn't file tax year 2017 returns back in 2018 to claim their refunds. They have until the 2021 filing deadline, which in this (again) coronavirus-affected tax season is May 17.
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 |
21,700 |
$848 |
$21,542,300 |
|
Alaska |
5,000 |
$960 |
$5,527,400 |
|
Arizona |
32,900 |
$766 |
$30,655,500 |
|
Arkansas |
12,600 |
$811 |
$12,150,900 |
|
California |
132,800 |
$833 |
$129,793,500 |
|
Colorado |
27,000 |
$813 |
$26,020,400 |
|
Connecticut |
13,200 |
$928 |
$13,945,100 |
|
Delaware |
5,200 |
$853 |
$5,254,600 |
|
District of Columbia |
3,600 |
$878 |
$3,765,500 |
|
Florida |
89,600 |
$870 |
$89,767,400 |
|
Georgia |
46,300 |
$791 |
$44,234,300 |
|
Hawaii |
7,600 |
$913 |
$7,827,400 |
|
Idaho |
6,200 |
$727 |
$5,572,300 |
|
Illinois |
49,000 |
$901 |
$50,355,300 |
|
Indiana |
30,800 |
$894 |
$31,291,100 |
|
Iowa |
13.500 |
$922 |
$13,851,800 |
|
Kansas |
13,400 |
$865 |
$13,313,500 |
|
Kentucky |
17,700 |
$875 |
$17,612,600 |
|
Louisiana |
21,700 |
$837 |
$21,659,900 |
|
Maine |
5,300 |
$853 |
$5,158,000 |
|
Maryland |
26,700 |
$872 |
$27,241,700 |
|
Massachusetts |
28,000 |
$978 |
$30,469,100 |
|
Michigan |
43,100 |
$863 |
$43,189,3000 |
|
Minnesota |
20,400 |
$808 |
$19,400,200 |
|
Mississippi |
11,800 |
$776 |
$11,087,800 |
|
Missouri |
30,500 |
$831 |
$29,778,200 |
|
Montana |
4,400 |
$808 |
$4,255,500 |
|
Nebraska |
7,200 |
$853 |
$6,982,000 |
|
Nevada |
15,500 |
$845 |
$15,310,600 |
|
New Hampshire |
5,900 |
$968 |
$6,391,000 |
|
New Jersey |
34,200 |
$924 |
$35,778,700 |
|
New Mexico |
9,000 |
$837 |
$8,913,100 |
|
New York |
66,700 |
$956 |
$71,361,600 |
|
North Carolina |
43,500 |
$837 |
$42,307,200 |
|
North Dakota |
3,600 |
$958 |
$3,779,100 |
|
Ohio |
48,700 |
$852 |
$47,892,500 |
|
Oklahoma |
19,800 |
$869 |
$19,890,300 |
|
Oregon |
21,200 |
$765 |
$19,733,900 |
|
Pennsylvania |
50,900 |
$931 |
$52,861,200 |
|
Rhode Island |
3,600 |
$921 |
$3,792,500 |
|
South Carolina |
16,800 |
$768 |
$15,740,900 |
|
South Dakota |
3,600 |
$768 |
$3,665,500 |
|
Tennessee |
27,100 |
$851 |
$26,534,100 |
|
Texas |
133,000 |
$904 |
$138,355,200 |
|
Utah |
11,100 |
$771 |
$10,251,900 |
|
Vermont |
2,600 |
$852 |
$2,505,200 |
|
Virginia |
36,600 |
$827 |
$36,159,900 |
|
Washington |
36,900 |
$928 |
$38,924,900 |
|
West Virginia |
6,400 |
$946 |
$6,769,600 |
|
Wisconsin |
18,900 |
$798 |
$17,759,900 |
|
Wyoming |
3,100 |
$944 |
$3,273,400 |
|
Totals |
1,345,900 |
$865 |
$1,349,654,800 |
|
|
|
|
*excluding credits |
If you think some of this unclaimed tax cash is yours, be sure to file your 2017 return by May 17.
And it bears repeating: Miss this deadline and you forever forfeit that year's unclaimed refund.
Posted: Tuesday, April 7, 2021
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