State Residents Due Tax Refunds

Metro Networks

3/31/09

(Washington, DC) -- Thousands of state residents may have a payout due them from Uncle Sam and might not even know it. Congressman Joe Courtney is getting the word out. Around 16-thousand who did not file 2005 income tax returns may be leaving a total of 18-million-dollars on the table. Courtney is urging those residents who had taxes withheld for 2005 but weren't required to file to go back and check their records. He says a number of low-income workers may not have claimed the earned income tax credit. It's estimated the average refund is over 650-dollars. For more information, taxpayers should call the IRS help line at 800-829-1040.