The IRS reports there is $1 billion in unclaimed 2008 tax refunds
Refunds totaling more than $1 billion may be waiting for one million people who did not file a federal income tax return for 2008, the Internal Revenue Service announced. However, to collect the money, a return for 2008 must be filed with the IRS no later than Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
The IRS estimates that half of these potential 2008 refunds are over $600.
In some cases, people may not have filed their 2008 returns because they had too little income to require filing a tax return even though they had taxes withheld from their wages or made quarterly estimated payments. In cases where a return was not filed, the law provides most taxpayers with a three-year window of opportunity for claiming a refund. If no return is filed to claim a refund within three years, the money becomes property of the U.S. Treasury.
The total for the estimated 4700 people in the state of Idaho who may be due a refund is almost $4 million.
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