The Internal Revenue Service said there are about $1.5 billion in unclaimed tax refunds dating back to 2019.

<div class="block">The Internal Revenue Service said there are about $1.5 billion in unclaimed tax refunds dating back to 2019.</div>

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IRS Estimates $1.5B in Unclaimed Tax Refunds

The IRS wants you to get paid and says that there's a lot of refund money still up for grabs from 2019. Believe it or not, the agency said there's about $1.5 billion in refunds that are still unclaimed from the 2019 tax year and the time is running out to claim those funds. The IRS is encouraging nearly 1.5 million people in the US to submit their tax returns before July 17th of this year, taxpayers have three years to file and claim their tax refunds until the money becomes property of the US Treasury. While the agency said many people overlooked filing a return in 2019 because of the pandemic.