Indianapolis - There are 1,374 Indiana taxpayers whose refund checks were returned to the IRS because of mailing address errors. Now the IRS wants to find those Hoosiers so they can get their refunds.
The checks average $1,124, but taxpayers must correct or update their addresses with the IRS.
Nationally, a total of 111,893 taxpayers are due one or more refund checks totaling over $164.6 million. Some taxpayers are due more than one check. A taxpayer only needs to update his or her address once for the IRS to send out all checks due.
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The average dollar amount for returned refunds rose by just over 28 percent this year, possibly due to recent changes in tax law which introduced new credits or expanded existing credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit.
If a refund check is returned to the IRS as undelivered, taxpayers can generally update their addresses with the "Where's My Refund?" tool on IRS.gov. The tool also 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 2009 return. The tool will provide the status of their refund and, in some cases, instructions on how to resolve delivery problems.
Taxpayers checking on a refund over the phone will receive instructions on how to update their addresses. Taxpayers can access a telephone version of "Where's My Refund?" by calling 1-800-829-1954.
The public should be aware that the IRS does not contact taxpayers by e-mail to alert them of pending refunds and that such messages are common identity theft scams. The agency urges taxpayers not to release any personal information, reply, open any attachments or click on any links to avoid malicious code that will infect their computers.
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Note: Average Refund and Sum of Refunds is not reported for counties with 10 or less taxpayers.
County/Taxpayer Count/Average Refund/Sum of Refunds
1 ADAMS 6
2 ALLEN 67 $1,833 $122,844
3 BARTHOLOMEW 14 $3,380 $47,322
4 BENTON 3
5 BLACKFORD 1
6 BOONE 8
7 CARROLL 2
8 CASS 9
9 CLARK 22 $1,968 $43,300
10 CLAY 5
11 CLINTON 4
12 CRAWFORD 1
13 DAVIESS 9
14 DE KALB 6
15 DEARBORN 8
16 DECATUR 4
17 DELAWARE 19 $655 $12,436
18 DUBOIS 12 $747 $8,965
19 ELKHART 48 $1,261 $60,549
20 FAYETTE 4
21 FLOYD 14 $913 $12,784
22 FOUNTAIN 2
23 FRANKLIN 3
24 GIBSON 7
25 GRANT 15 $424 $6,358
26 GREENE 3
27 HAMILTON 33 $1,939 $63,973
28 HANCOCK 9
29 HARRISON 1
30 HENDRICKS 28 $1,220 $34,170
31 HENRY 3
32 HOWARD 12 $1,681 $20,172
33 HUNTINGTON 3
34 JACKSON 21 $1,627 $34,166
35 JASPER 3
36 JAY 3
37 JEFFERSON 6
38 JENNINGS 4
39 JOHNSON 24 $760 $18,230
40 KNOX 6
41 KOSCIUSKO 16 $3,014 $48,219
42 LA PORTE 24 $994 $23,868
43 LAGRANGE 1
44 LAKE 159 $1,417 $225,245
45 LAWRENCE 10
46 MADISON 19 $1,387 $26,362
47 MARION 319 $1,003 $319,935
48 MARSHALL 10
49 MIAMI 2
50 MONROE 55 $643 $35,369
51 MONTGOMERY 9
52 MORGAN 14 $292 $4,090
53 NEWTON 2
54 NOBLE 6
55 ORANGE 1
56 OWEN 3
57 PARKE 2
58 PERRY 1
59 PORTER 21 $269 $5,647
60 POSEY 4
61 PULASKI 2
62 PUTNAM 7
63 RANDOLPH 5
64 RIPLEY 6
65 RUSH 3
66 SCOTT 2
67 SHELBY 6
68 ST JOSEPH 55 $970 $53,362
69 STARKE 1
70 STEUBEN 3
71 SULLIVAN 2
72 SWITZERLAND 2
73 TIPPECANOE 39 $527 $20,571
74 TIPTON 2
75 UNION 1
76 VANDERBURGH 34 $872 $29,635
77 VERMILLION 5
78 VIGO 25 $1,415 $35,370
79 WABASH 1
80 WARRICK 6
81 WASHINGTON 5
82 WAYNE 22 $795 $17,487
83 WELLS 3
84 WHITE 4
85 WHITLEY 3
Grand Total: 1,374 $1,124 $1,543,817
