Postal Service regulations require that government checks be returned when the tax payer moves and doesn t file a change of address form or if a person marries and does not have the check addressed to their new name.
Many checks are undeliverable because the address on the tax return is illegible or incorrect.
Sometimes people move and don t file their taxes again so the IRS never gets an updated address. Sometimes a taxpayer has passed away and the estate is not made aware of the claim. In all cases, the IRS holds the undeliverable refund until a claim is made. The money is never forfeited to the government. Type your last name in the dialog box and execute the search.