Missed Tax Day? Nearly One Million Taxpayers Still Can File and Claim Valuable Tax Refunds

Partial view of a USA Treasury Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax refund check showing the Treasury seal and image of the Statue of Liberty. The check is between US currency ten and twenty dollar bills, which are visible in very small sections or in soft focus. Shot against a wood desk background. Treasury checks are also used to pay Social Security and Medicare benefits. Concept of government payments, refunds, subsidies, or welfare.

Are you expecting a tax refund this year? Millions of taxpayers are, but as many as 1 million individuals could unknowingly be missing out.

The average refund amount this tax season was $3,116, according to the latest data from the IRS. As of April 4, the tax agency has paid over $211 billion in tax refunds after processing over 100 million tax returns. More than 140 million individual tax returns were expected to be filed by the April 15 deadline.