Indianapolis – The Internal Revenue Service is looking for Hoosiers who are missing 3,896 economic stimulus checks totaling about $2.2 million and 1,357 regular refund checks totaling nearly $1.1 million that were returned by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.
The average undelivered stimulus payment is $558 and the average undelivered regular refund is $797. In some instances a taxpayer may have both an undelivered stimulus payment and a regular refund.
Nationwide, the Internal Revenue Service is looking for taxpayers who are missing more than 279,000 economic stimulus checks totaling about $163 million and more than 104,000 regular refund checks totaling about $103 million that were returned by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors. The average undelivered stimulus payment is $583 and the average undelivered regular refund is $988.
It is crucial that taxpayers who may be due a stimulus check update their addresses with the IRS by Nov. 28, 2008. By law, economic stimulus checks must be sent out by Dec. 31 of this year.
The “Where’s My Stimulus Payment?” tool on IRS.gov is the quickest and easiest way for a taxpayer to check the status of a stimulus check and receive instructions on how to update his or her address. Taxpayers without internet access should call 1-866-234-2942.