IRS is holding $92 Million
in Refund Checks
Are you wondering why you
never got your refund from the Internal Revenue Service? Try
checking your address on file at the tax agency.
About $92.2 million in refund checks is sitting in the IRS
coffers marked "undeliverable" because the agency doesn't have a
current address on file for some 95,746 U.S. taxpayers, the agency
announced Thursday. The unclaimed checks average $963 each.
"Every year, many taxpayers miss their refunds because they move
without notifying the IRS or postal service of a change of address,"
said Mark Everson, the IRS commissioner, in a press release.
Taxpayers can go to the IRS Web site and click on "where's my
refund" to find out whether their check is languishing at the IRS.
Visit www.IRS.gov
The online tool requires taxpayers to enter their Social Security
number, filing status and the refund amount as listed on their 2005
return. There's also a telephone version of the tool, at
1-800-829-1954.
Taxpayers whose refund was returned because of an out-of-date
address will be prompted to update their address when they use the
"where's my refund" tool. All other taxpayers who wish to change the
address they have on file at the IRS must mail in a Form 8822. That
form is available on IRS.gov, or you can request the form by calling
1-800-829-3676. | 
