IRS wants to deliver refunds

The Internal Revenue Service says it owes nearly 1,400 Orange County residents, including 105 people last known to be living in Newport-Mesa, a total of more than $1.3 million in undeliverable tax refund checks. The IRS is asking them to come forward to claim those refunds; the $1.3 million payout in refunds breaks down to an average check of $948.

Every year, the IRS mails out tax refunds that, for the most part, reach their rightful owner. But a small amount, less than a third of 1% of refund checks sent out this year, were returned to the IRS as undeliverable, said Raphael Tulino, a spokesman for the IRS in San Diego.

“The main issue is a change of address,” he said. “We need a correct address from these taxpayers.”

Nationally, the government is looking to return $124 million worth of refunds to 107,831 people. About 13% of that, or $16 million, is headed to more than 15,000 Californians.

All a taxpayer has to do to claim their check is contact the IRS at IRS.gov and update his or her address under the “Where’s my refund?” tool.

Some taxpayers are due more than one check, IRS officials said in a news release.

Go to IRS.gov, or call (800) 829-1954 for more information.

Below is a list of people whose last known addresses were in Newport-Mesa and whose checks were returned to the IRS as undeliverable. Go to irs.gov for more.

Costa Mesa

Avallone, Carey L.

Ballard, Simon and Katie Allen

Barker, Hailey

Camacho, Jonathan

Chavez, Jorge E.

Chen, Leo

Clayton, Kari J.

Del Fierro, Fernando and Zenaida R.

Derita, Windu R .

Devlin, Alida R.

Escobar, Margarito and Fanny H. Barrios

Fenton, William R.

Flores, Noe

Garcia, Daniel and Aida Rota

Gonzalez, Joshua

Gonzalez, Nicholas

Hass, Henry and Gwen

Jacobs, Jason and Tamara

Johannes, Marilyn L.

Johns, Steven D.

Kennedy, James F.

Labate, Greg S and Sophia A.

Lagreen, Cara

Magazzu, Gregg P.

Martinez, Norma

Mccune, Andrew

Millard, Rebecca M

Moreno, Robert S.

Munguia, Pedro and Maria Cruz Alvarez

Nguyen, Antoine N. and Hoang T.

Nguyen, Suong X. and Mai Luu

Ortiz, Maria E.

Ospina, Javier

Peredo, Richard J.

Puerta, Antonio

Ramirez, Luis F. and Yanela S. Bernal

Ricks, Zachary F.

Roa, Justin H.

Schweda, Catherine A.

Sergenti, Jeffrey T.

Seyler, Christine M.

Sharamitaro, Anastasia

Shaw, Virginia E.

Sheely, Ryan E.

Siler, Kyle K.

Simpson, Piper N.

Stewart, Thomas

Toledo, Jose

Torres Jr., Daniel D.

Uhl, Travis L.

Vavak, Michael D.

Wilkin, Gary T.

Williams, Luanne L.

Zouras, Nicole V.

Corona del Mar

Bazz, Clint M.

Dade, Mr Phillip T.

Fanning, Taylor C.

Farney, Gary R. and Donna L.

Jezercak, Marie

Maqsoudi, Touraj

Newport Beach

Baca, Ryan

Bane, Terrance W.

Barry, Paul and Georgia

Brooks, Michael A.

Brunning, Anthony M.

Clark, Nancy

Crudo, Thomas

Curtis, Tyler J.

Driggs, Christopher D.

Feltman, Steven J.

Frym, Claire

Gallade, Adina L.

Glenn, Michelle

Godoy, Ernest U.

Gulmezian, Garen

Habecker, David J. and Julie

Henson, Jana M.

Illiano, Tulio J.

Jamias, Alexander M. and Nora

Jolliffe, Maxwell B.

Killingsworth, Ashley

King, Kevin M. and Olga Raspopova

La Russo, Gabriel A.

Lucas, Brian H. and Melanie A.

Lugo, Liliana

Martin, David

McCarter, Michelle C.

Melton, Daniel M.

Newman, Kathryn M.

Obrien, Patrick

Pack, Brandon

Patton, Julia A.

Patton, Kaitlin M.

Pontrelli, Charles J.

Rodriguez, Joel Malave

Romero, Francine A.

Sadowski, Julie

Samuels Jr., Mark

Seegmiller, William W. and Margie C.

Stoops, Amy C.

Taylor, May

Newport Coast

Cardoza, Kimberly A.

Chen, Ing Tzong and Shen Fang

Meshkin, Athina

Skinner, Lauren E.