IRS Issues ‘Final Reminder’ to Claim Certain Tax Refunds

About 1 million Americans have until the end of this week to file their 2020 taxes in order to get a refund.
IRS Issues ‘Final Reminder’ to Claim Certain Tax Refunds
A 1040 form used by US taxpayers to file an annual income tax return in a file photo. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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About 1 million Americans have until the end of this week to file their 2020 taxes in order to get a refund, according to a recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) news release.

Some $1 billion in unclaimed refunds from that tax year are outstanding and if people don’t act, those refunds will become the property of the Treasury Department, the IRS said on May 6. The deadline for people to file their outstanding 2020 taxes is Friday, May 17, by 11:59 p.m.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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