“Are you waiting for your tax refund check?  You may have another one waiting for you at the IRS,” Schakowsky said.  She released the list of 343 9th CD residents with unclaimed/undeliverable tax refunds sitting at the IRS.  Residents can view the list on Schakowsky’s website at www.house.gov/schakowksy/ or can call her office at 773/506-7100.
 

• Number of unclaimed/undeliverable refunds   343
• Location of the 9th CD list  www.house.gov/schakowksy/  or call 773/506-7100
• Total of the 343 9th CD refunds $381,394
• Largest refund amount $11,586
• Smallest refund amount $1
• Average refund $1112
• Number of refunds under $1000    150
• Number of refunds between $1000 and $5000  74

The list posted on the website includes the names of 343 9th CD residents who filed taxes and never received their tax refunds.  Because of an invalid address, the tax refund checks were undeliverable and have yet to be claimed. Postal Service regulations require that government checks be returned when the taxpayer moves and doesn't file a change of address form or if a person marries and does not have the check addressed to their new name.  Many checks are undeliverable because the address on the tax return is not legible or is incorrect. And in some cases, people pass away and the executor of their estate doesn't know that they have an unclaimed tax refund.  The money is never forfeited to the government.  The IRS holds it until it is claimed. 

Those who discover their name on the list, can call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 to claim their refund.