NEWS 25 - WEHT: Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro-IRS Unclaimed Cash In The Tri-State

IRS Unclaimed Cash In The Tri-State

story by Scott Adkins

TRI-STATE - You could have money waiting on you and not even know it. Uncle Sam may owe you some cash and if you don't seek it, you won't get it.

Mason Fichtinger is on the list, along with other Tri-Staters who have unclaimed money.  The Internal Revenue Service owes him $100.

"It's 100-dollars, but I didn't know how to get it," Fichtinger says. NEWS 25 walked him through how to claim the money.

The IRS says people sometimes put the incorrect address or have moved, so the tax refunds get sent back to them. Or the check just gets lost in the mail.

If a refund check is returned to the IRS as undeliverable, taxpayers can generally update their addresses with the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on IRS.gov. The tool enables taxpayers to check the status of their refunds. A taxpayer must submit his or her social security number, filing status and amount of refund shown on their 2008 return. The tool will provide the status of their refund and in some cases provide instructions on how to resolve delivery problems.

Taxpayers checking on a refund over the phone will be given instructions on how to update their addresses.

Taxpayers can access a telephone version of “Where’s My Refund?” by calling 1-800-829-1954.

There's $26,685 in unclaimed money in Vanderburgh County, $13,639 in Daviess County, KY and $9,361 in Henderson County.

Below is a list of some of the names NEWS 25 obtained from the IRS: