Check This Out: The IRS is Trying to Distribute $153.3 Million in Undelivered Tax Refunds

In an annual reminder to taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service has announced that tax refund checks for more than 99,000 taxpayers can’t be delivered because of mailing address errors. The checks average $1,547 this year.

If you haven’t received the refund you were expecting, check out the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on www.IRS.gov to find out the status of your refund and, in some cases, instructions on how to resolve delivery problems. You can access a telephone version of “Where’s My Refund?” by calling 1-800-829-1954.

To avoid problems with refunds in the future, the IRS recommends that you electronically file your tax return and elect to receive your refund through direct deposit to your bank account. 

And remember: The IRS does not contact taxpayers by e-mail to alert them to pending refunds and does not ask for personal or financial information through email. Such messages are common phishing scams. The agency urges you NOT to release any personal information, hit “reply”, open any attachments, or click on any links, to avoid malicious code that can infect your computer.

For further information, check out this short IRS video: Undeliverable Refunds: English | Spanish | ASL