Several hundred thousand Americans might do well to contact the IRS. The agency claims that nearly one million people who did not file tax returns in 2010 could be due money. All these people need to do to find out is file a 2010 return soon.
The IRS released a statement:
Refunds totaling almost $760 million may be waiting for an estimated 918,600 taxpayers who did not file a federal income tax return for 2010, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. However, to collect the money, a return for 2010 must be filed with the IRS no later than Tuesday, April 15, 2014.
“The window is quickly closing for people who are owed refunds from 2010 who haven’t filed a tax return,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “We encourage students, part-time workers and others who haven’t filed for 2010 to look into this before time runs out on April 15.”
More than 350,000 of these tax payers are in 10 states: California (86,500), Texas (80,600), New York (57,400), Florida (56,800), Illinois (37,900), Pennsylvania (37,400), Ohio (32,100), New Jersey (29,500), Michigan (29,200) and Georgia (28,400).
The potential value of the average return also varies significantly by state, from a high of $649 in Alaska to a low of $490 in Idaho. The average for the country is $571.
| State or District |
Estimated Number of Individuals |
Median Potential Refund |
Total Potential Refunds*
|
| Alabama |
15,700 |
$574 |
$12,473,000 |
| Alaska |
4,700 |
$649 |
$4,810,000 |
| Arizona |
23,800 |
$508 |
$17,517,000 |
| Arkansas |
8,400 |
$562 |
$6,667,000 |
| California |
86,500 |
$519 |
$69,752,000 |
| Colorado |
17,100 |
$567 |
$14,061,000 |
| Connecticut |
11,700 |
$620 |
$10,304,000 |
| Delaware |
3,800 |
$573 |
$3,126,000 |
| District of Columbia |
3,500 |
$604 |
$3,080,000 |
| Florida |
56,800 |
$593 |
$48,407,000 |
| Georgia |
28,400 |
$539 |
$22,504,000 |
| Hawaii |
6,200 |
$586 |
$5,413,000 |
| Idaho |
3,500 |
$490 |
$2,604,000 |
| Illinois |
37,900 |
$626 |
$32,696,000 |
| Indiana |
19,600 |
$570 |
$15,478,000 |
| Iowa |
9,200 |
$576 |
$7,050,000 |
| Kansas |
9,300 |
$522 |
$6,986,000 |
| Kentucky |
11,500 |
$576 |
$8,975,000 |
| Louisiana |
17,500 |
$603 |
$15,579,000 |
| Maine |
3,500 |
$502 |
$2,373,000 |
| Maryland |
20,700 |
$575 |
$18,002,000 |
| Massachusetts |
21,000 |
$560 |
$17,856,000 |
| Michigan |
29,200 |
$597 |
$24,259,000 |
| Minnesota |
12,700 |
$516 |
$9,582,000 |
| Mississippi |
8,500 |
$556 |
$6,769,000 |
| Missouri |
17,900 |
$514 |
$13,153,000 |
| Montana |
2,900 |
$534 |
$2,338,000 |
| Nebraska |
4,500 |
$528 |
$3,368,000 |
| Nevada |
11,400 |
$570 |
$9,156,000 |
| New Hampshire |
3,800 |
$602 |
$3,245,000 |
| New Jersey |
29,500 |
$639 |
$26,712,000 |
| New Mexico |
7,200 |
$572 |
$5,915,000 |
| New York |
57,400 |
$623 |
$50,543,000 |
| North Carolina |
24,300 |
$494 |
$17,538,000 |
| North Dakota |
1,900 |
$600 |
$1,551,000 |
| Ohio |
32,100 |
$560 |
$24,508,000 |
| Oklahoma |
15,100 |
$585 |
$12,246,000 |
| Oregon |
14,300 |
$519 |
$10,359,000 |
| Pennsylvania |
37,400 |
$614 |
$31,009,000 |
| Rhode Island |
3,000 |
$598 |
$2,472,000 |
| South Carolina |
10,200 |
$532 |
$7,756,000 |
| South Dakota |
2,100 |
$558 |
$1,605,000 |
| Tennessee |
16,300 |
$559 |
$12,839,000 |
| Texas |
80,600 |
$588 |
$71,998,000 |
| Utah |
6,100 |
$518 |
$4,705,000 |
| Vermont |
1,600 |
$519 |
$1,136,000 |
| Virginia |
26,300 |
$568 |
$22,376,000 |
| Washington |
24,800 |
$640 |
$23,033,000 |
| West Virginia |
4,100 |
$626 |
$3,534,000 |
| Wisconsin |
10,900 |
$516 |
$8,423,000 |
| Wyoming |
2,200 |
$648 |
$2,045,000 |
| Totals |
918,600 |
$571 |
$759,889,000 |
* Excluding the Earned Income Tax Credit and other credits.
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