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Time is working out for taxpayers to say $1B in refunds from 2021

Editorial Board Published March 13, 2025
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The Inside Income Service (IRS) introduced this week that greater than one million taxpayers are working out of time to submit their tax returns and get unclaimed tax refunds from 2021.

Greater than 1.1 million taxpayers have unclaimed tax returns for tax 12 months 2021 and face a looming deadline of April 15 to submit their tax returns, the IRS stated in a launch on Tuesday. The IRS estimated that over $1 billion in tax refunds stay unclaimed by taxpayers who have not filed their federal tax return, referred to as Kind 1040, for the 2021 tax 12 months.

The IRS analyzed the unclaimed refunds and estimated that the median refund for 2021 is $781, that means that half of the refunds are bigger than $781 and half are much less. The estimate does not embody the Restoration Rebate Credit score or different credit that could be relevant to a given tax return.

Taxpayers sometimes have three years to file their tax return and declare their tax refunds by regulation, and in the event that they fail to satisfy that deadline inside three years, the unclaimed refund turns into property of the U.S. Treasury.

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The IRS is warning taxpayers they’ve till April 15 to file 2021 tax 12 months returns and keep away from dropping their refunds. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Photographs) / Getty Photographs)

“By missing out on filing a tax return, people stand to lose more than just their refund of taxes withheld or paid during 2021,” the IRS wrote. 

“Many low- and moderate-income workers may be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). For 2021, the EITC was worth as much as $6,728 for taxpayers with qualifying children,” the company added.

The EITC has completely different phaseout thresholds relying on earnings and household dimension. The IRS’ EITC thresholds for 2021 had been $51,464 for taxpayers with three or extra qualifying youngsters; $47,915 for filers with two qualifying youngsters; $42,158 for these with one qualifying youngster; and $21,430 for filers with out qualifying youngsters.

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Taxpayers who’re eligible for the Earned Earnings Tax Credit score miss out if they do not file tax returns. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Photographs) / Getty Photographs)

Moreover, the IRS famous in its announcement that taxpayers who’re looking for a 2021 tax refund might have their refunds held in the event that they have not filed tax returns for 2022 and 2023.

Gathering tax paperwork from a previous 12 months to file a belated return will be difficult, although the IRS notes that there are methods they will get the knowledge they want for previous tax years, like 2021.

The IRS web site’s Particular person On-line Account might help taxpayers entry transcripts of their previous tax returns, tax account data, wage and earnings statements and verification of non-filing letters.

The company notes that taxpayers who’re lacking Types W-2, 1098, 1099 or 5498 can request copies from their employer, financial institution or different payers. Taxpayers who aren’t capable of get these lacking types and might’t entry the web site’s Particular person On-line Account can get a tax return or tax account mailed to them utilizing the Get Transcript by Mail characteristic or calling the automated telephone transcript service.

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Taxpayers can entry tax types from previous years by way of the IRS. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

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Another choice is for taxpayers to file a Kind 4506-T to request a wage and earnings transcript – although these requests can take a number of weeks and the IRS recommends taxpayers attempt different choices first.

Taxpayers trying to file taxes from a previous 12 months like 2021 can entry the suitable model of the Kind 1040 from whichever 12 months they want on the IRS web sites’ types and directions web page or by calling the company’s toll free line 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).

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