AS MANY AS 77-HUNDRED NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS ARE LEAVING SOME GOOD MONEY ON THE TABLE. I-R-S-SPOKESMAN BILL BRUNSON SAYS IT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE OWED A REFUND FROM THEIR 2012 TAXES, BUT THEY NEVER FILED A TAX RETURN FOR THAT YEAR.
BRUNSON SAYS, OVERALL, THEY COULD LOSE OUT ON OVER 7-MILLION DOLLARS IN REFUNDS. AND BRUNSON TELLS US, TIME IS RUNNING OUT. HE SAYS THOSE WHO DIDN’T FILE IN 2012 NEED TO GET THEIR TAX RETURN IN BY MONDAY, APRIL 18TH, OR THEY’LL NEVER GET THE MONEY BACK.
THE MEDIAN AMOUNT IS AROUND 700 DOLLARS. ANY MONEY NOT REFUNDED BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF THE U-S TREASURY.