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The Internal Revenue Service is seeking the whereabouts of 16 Douglas County residents who are owed unclaimed income tax refunds.
The agency is holding a total of $3,777 — an average of $236 per taxpayer — that didn't reach its intended recipients.
“The vast majority of checks mailed out by the IRS each year reach their rightful owner. Only a very small percent are returned by the U.S. Postal Service as undeliverable,” Bill Brunson, an IRS spokesman said in a written release.
The Douglas County taxpayers were among 1,310 Oregonians who didn't receive $1.4 million in refunds. That breaks down to $1,104 per taxpayer, considerably higher than the amounts owed to the Douglas County taxpayers.
Nationally, the IRS has $123 million owed to 107,831 taxpayers, an average of $1,141.
The sixteen Douglas County residents owed refunds are Carl Cassidy, Canyonville; Peggy Menshik, Drain; Daniel S. Williams, Elkton; Peter Keyes, Gardiner; Sarah Tanner, Glendale; Danny Brint, Randy Cairns, Noel Guitron, Gloria Kemp, Thomas Larocque, Mark Mendez, all of Roseburg; Gabriel Lepe and Tina Rast of Sutherlin; Crystal Wright, Winchester; and Juston Black and Nancy Tarleton of Winston.
Taxpayers still owed a refund can contact the IRS through its refund line at (800) 829-1954, or by using the “Where's My Refund” link online at www.irs.gov.
Using either method, you will need your Social Security number, filing status and the amount of your refund. Both systems will prompt the taxpayer to submit his or her new address.
The easiest way for taxpayers to ensure they receive their refund is to file electronically, Brunson said. When they do that, their refund is automatically credited to their bank account.
“More and more people are filing electronically,” Brunson said Monday during a telephone interview from his office in Phoenix.
Two-thirds of Oregonians who filed returns with the IRS this year did so electronically. That percentage jumped from 57 percent over the past two years.
By 2015, the IRS projects that 75 percent of Oregon taxpayers will file electronically.
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at jsowell@nrtoday.com.
The agency is holding a total of $3,777 — an average of $236 per taxpayer — that didn't reach its intended recipients.
“The vast majority of checks mailed out by the IRS each year reach their rightful owner. Only a very small percent are returned by the U.S. Postal Service as undeliverable,” Bill Brunson, an IRS spokesman said in a written release.
The Douglas County taxpayers were among 1,310 Oregonians who didn't receive $1.4 million in refunds. That breaks down to $1,104 per taxpayer, considerably higher than the amounts owed to the Douglas County taxpayers.
Nationally, the IRS has $123 million owed to 107,831 taxpayers, an average of $1,141.
The sixteen Douglas County residents owed refunds are Carl Cassidy, Canyonville; Peggy Menshik, Drain; Daniel S. Williams, Elkton; Peter Keyes, Gardiner; Sarah Tanner, Glendale; Danny Brint, Randy Cairns, Noel Guitron, Gloria Kemp, Thomas Larocque, Mark Mendez, all of Roseburg; Gabriel Lepe and Tina Rast of Sutherlin; Crystal Wright, Winchester; and Juston Black and Nancy Tarleton of Winston.
Taxpayers still owed a refund can contact the IRS through its refund line at (800) 829-1954, or by using the “Where's My Refund” link online at www.irs.gov.
Using either method, you will need your Social Security number, filing status and the amount of your refund. Both systems will prompt the taxpayer to submit his or her new address.
The easiest way for taxpayers to ensure they receive their refund is to file electronically, Brunson said. When they do that, their refund is automatically credited to their bank account.
“More and more people are filing electronically,” Brunson said Monday during a telephone interview from his office in Phoenix.
Two-thirds of Oregonians who filed returns with the IRS this year did so electronically. That percentage jumped from 57 percent over the past two years.
By 2015, the IRS projects that 75 percent of Oregon taxpayers will file electronically.
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at jsowell@nrtoday.com.
