Name Zip code
Juan Alvarenga 11590
Zulma Alvarenga 11590
Vincent Avila 11590
Marie Jean Baptiste 11590
Alfonso Barros 11590
Mike Bove 11590
Diego Buendia 11590
Bayrem Erkan 11554
Guy Henderson 11590
Oscar Jimenez 11590
Roger Flores 11590
Bruce Kamins 11590
Mohammed Khan 11554
Lakhwinder Khan 11554
Aaron Lao 11554
Su Ching Lin 11554
Brian Malone 11590
Sandra Rojas 11590
Alper Turgutozer 11590
Dilek MukaddesTurgutozer 11590
The Internal Revenue Service has checks for 20 residents in the East Meadow-Westbury area, but just can't seem to find them.
The local residents are part of some 6,400 people in the state who have yet to collect some $6.3 million in tax refunds because of mailing address changes. Those in the East Meadow-Westbury area who are on that list are printed in the above box.
Checks can be reissued to these taxpayers as soon as they update or correct their mailing addresses with the IRS.
"If we owe you money, we'd like to get it to you," said IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson. "All you have to do is tell us where you are. Our Web site makes it easy for taxpayers to track their undelivered refund checks."
"Where's My Refund?" on www.irs.gov provides updates on refunds. To use it, taxpayers enter information that includes their Social Security number, filing status and the refund amount shown on their 2003 tax return.
When the information is submitted online, taxpayers are connected to Web pages that show the status of their refund and, in many cases, they also get instructions they need to resolve the problem that might be holding it up.
Initiated in the summer of 2002, "Where's My Refund?" was developed through the IRS Business Systems Modernization program. Taxpayers used the online tool nearly 24 million times to track their refunds in 2004.
"The best way to avoid having an undelivered refund checks, is to have your refund directly deposited into your personal checking or savings account," IRS Spokesperson Kevin McKeon said. "Direct deposit also guards against theft or lost refund checks. The option is available for both paper and electronically filed returns."
More than 49 million taxpayers chose to direct deposit almost $120 billion in refunds during 2004. The number of direct deposit refunds was up 10.8 percent from last year.
Refund checks go astray for reasons that can vary with each taxpayer. Often, it's because an address change. If taxpayers move or change their address and fail to notify the IRS or the U.S. Postal Service, a check sent to their last known address is returned to the IRS.
Taxpayers who have moved since filing their last tax return can ensure the IRS has their correct address by filing Form 8822 with the agency. Download the form on the Web site or request it by calling (800) 829-3676.
Taxpayers who think they may be missing a refund and don't have access to the Internet should first check their records or contact their tax preparer before calling the IRS toll-free assistance line at (800) 829-1040 to update their address.
