More than 100,000 tax refund cheques from 2012 yet to be collected
Posted May 6, 2014 7:12 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – You may be one of the millions of Canadians who filed their taxes before the the overnight midnight deadline.
If you’re lucky, the government owes you money and will soon be sending you a big cheque. But Cheryl Yeung with Canada Revenue Agency says a lot of people across the country still have money waiting to be collected from their 2012 return.
“107,389 tax refund payments have not been cashed and by ‘cashed,’ this includes both cheques and direct deposits,” she tells us.
Here in BC, Yeung says over 15,000 people have not picked up their refund money. But the good news is the cheques don’t expire, so you can get your money at any time.
“They will remain in outstanding status with the Receiver General until they are cashed. With the Canada Revenue Agency, the taxpayers’ account wil be updated to reflect that they have a credit balance and the credit will remain there until the taxpayer contacts us.”
You can check the status of your refund online via My Account, or by contacting the individual income tax and trust enquiries line at 1-800-959-8281.
As for how much tax money Canadians owe the government for 2012, it is $2.25 billion. BC and the Yukon make up $341 million of that.
