Moved recently? The IRS might be trying to send you a tax refund
The tax man might be looking for you. And, this time, that’s good news.
Internal Revenue Service said today it is trying to track down the rightful owners of more than 107,000 refund checks worth more than $123.5 million. The U.S. Postal Service returned the checks — including more than 500 mailed to addresses in the St. Louis area — because of mailing address errors.
The refund checks include $952,000 owed to Missourians, and about $3.7 million owed to taxpayers in Illinois. In Missouri, the average unclaimed refund check is $702; in Illinois, it’s $1,023. Some taxpayers are due more than one check.
Michael Devine, an IRS spokesperson in St. Louis, said that the mailing mix-ups often are caused by life changes, like marriage or divorce, that cause an address change.
Devine said taxpayers can avoid undelivered checks by having their refunds deposited directly into checking or savings accounts. Taxpayers who move after filing their tax return can make sure the IRS has their correct address by filing a change of address form available on the IRS website.
To find out if the IRS is trying to give you money, go to the IRS website or call 800-829-1954.
Or, you can try to find your name on these lists of the intended recipients of undelivered refunds. If you live in Missouri, click here; if you live in Illinois, click here. The lists are organized alphabetically, first by county, then by city, then by name.
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I worked for this oh so wonderful company for almost two years total,i worked in outbound,collections,saves,email quotes,and as a managers assistant.In outbound you were required to tell every caller that you had to make an exception for their vehicle even if it was a brand new car…While in saves i realized this company was nothing but money hungry people.as a saves rep you were able to see the profit for each and every warranty…the average profit i would see was anywhere from 1000-1500.Regardless of the situation when a customer was calling in to cancel you were REQUIRED to offer them ATLEAST $600 off their policy and if that didnt work you were required to get a manager on the phone to offer them another discount anywhere from $800-$1000…you had to do this for EVERY call…even if some one was calling in because they sold or totaled the car…talk about bogus!!!…In Feb i was ”promoted” to a new position and was told i would get an evaluation and a raise 90 days later…this was not the case…90 days later my job was taken away with no explanation and i sat there with nothing to do for two days…needless to say i used my last 4 hours of pto that thursday and packed my things on friday.
i have or had alot of friends working there still…my hearts go out to all of you