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December 2002
The AC Phoenix
IT OWB yOU: IR5 Wanfs To Give Money To
2,035 from NX.
The Internal Revenue Service Is
looking for.2,035 taxpayers from
North Carolina who are owed $1.8
million in undelivered tax-refund
checks.
The IRS can reissue the checks
after taxpayers update their
addresses.
■“We want to get this money back
to where it belongs,” an IRS
spokeswoman, Valerie Thornton,
said. “It’s a simple process. As
soon as taxpayers get us their
correct addresses, we can reissue
the checks.”
Refund checks go astray for
reasons that can vary with each
taxpayer. Often, it’s because a life
change causes an address change.
If taxpayers move or change their
address and fail to notify the IRS or
the U.S. Postal Service, a check
sent to their last known address is
returned to the IRS. The Postal
Service said that 17 percent of the
nation’s population moves each
year, and it processed more than
44 million change-of-address cards
in 2001.
This year, a new Internet feature
makes it easier for taxpayers to
track down whether they have an
undelivered refund. The service,
which lets people check on the
status of refunds online at any time,
is available through the “Where’s
My Refund?” section on the IRS
home page at www.irs.gov.
To use the site, taxpayers must
enter their Social Security number,
their filing status (such as single or
married filing jointly), and the
amount of the refund shown on
their 2001 tax return. When this
information is submitted online,
taxpayers see a Web page that
shows the status of their refund
check. They also get instructions
on how to resolve problems,
whether they may be an
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undelivered refund check or some
other refund-related issue.
Taxpayers without access to the
Internet who think that they may be
missing a refund check should first
check their records or contact their
tax preparer, then call the IRS
toil-free assistance line at (800)
829-1040 to update their address.
Taxpayers can avoid undelivered
checks by choosing to have their
refunds deposited directly into a
personal checking or savings
account, the IRS said.
Direct deposit also guards
against stolen or lost refund
checks. The option is available on
both paper returns and electroni
cally filed returns. More than 39.7
million taxpayers chose direct
deposit this filing season, up 17.5
percent from last year.
Taxpayers who have moved
since filing their last tax return can
ensure that the IRS has their
correct address by filing Form
8822, “Change of Address,” with
the IRS. They can download the
form at www.irs.gov, or request it
by calling (800) TAX-FORM, or
(800) 829-3676.
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