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Unclaimed tax refunds by state
The Internal
Revenue Service has almost $1.2 billion in unclaimed 2004 tax refund
money due missing
filers in each state, as well as in U.S.
possessions and members of
the military stationed worldwide.
Within U.S.
borders, California has the
most nonfiling residents --
149,500 -- for the 2004 tax
year. But errant Alaska filers are likely to get more
money. The IRS says the median
check in the Last Frontier comes to $643, meaning half
of the taxpayers there can
expect to get at least that
much when they do file.
Military taxpayers are the biggest potential
refund recipients of all. Half of the members of the
armed forces who didn't file 2004 returns could collect
checks of more than $770 by getting in their old forms
by the coming April filing deadline.
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| State by state |
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| Alabama |
20,700 |
$548 |
| Alaska |
6,000 |
$643 |
| Arizona |
33,100 |
$465 |
| Arkansas |
11,100 |
$514 |
| California |
149,500 |
$507 |
| Colorado |
22,900 |
$504 |
| Connecticut |
15,000 |
$617 |
| Delaware |
4,900 |
$561 |
| District of Columbia |
5,200 |
$528 |
| Florida |
93,900 |
$575 |
| Georgia |
43,900 |
$519 |
| Hawaii |
8,900 |
$581 |
| Idaho |
5,000 |
$464 |
| Illinois |
50,000 |
$608 |
| Indiana |
26,100 |
$588 |
| Iowa |
11,500 |
$566 |
| Kansas |
12,700
|
$536 |
| Kentucky |
14,100 |
$566 |
| Louisiana |
21,600 |
$562 |
| Maine |
4,700 |
$533 |
| Maryland |
29,700 |
$548 |
| Massachusetts |
29,500 |
$605 |
| Michigan |
47,000 |
$582 |
| Minnesota |
19,200 |
$498 |
| Mississippi |
11,200 |
$499 |
| Missouri |
24,900 |
$527 |
| Montana |
3,600 |
$490 |
| Nebraska |
5,900 |
$527 |
| Nevada |
17,500 |
$520 |
| New Hampshire |
5,300 |
$633 |
| New Jersey |
40,500 |
$621 |
| New Mexico |
8,700 |
$502 |
| New York |
76,600 |
$612 |
| North Carolina |
36,000 |
$491 |
| North Dakota |
1,900 |
$531 |
| Ohio |
43,600 |
$544 |
| Oklahoma |
15,900 |
$515 |
| Oregon |
20,400 |
$449 |
| Pennsylvania |
45,700 |
$598 |
| Rhode Island |
4,500 |
$579 |
| South Carolina |
15,200 |
$485 |
| South Dakota |
2,400 |
$542 |
| Tennessee |
21,100 |
$559 |
| Texas |
96,600 |
$582 |
| Utah |
7,400 |
$470 |
| Vermont |
2,300 |
$538 |
| Virginia |
38,400 |
$543 |
| Washington |
34,400 |
$543 |
| West Virginia |
4,500 |
$591 |
| Wisconsin |
15,900 |
$522 |
| Wyoming |
2,500 |
$616 |
| Armed Forces |
5,500 |
$770 |
| U.S. possessions |
100 |
$591 |
| -- Updated: April 7, 2008 |
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