Refund Information

You can choose to get your Minnesota income tax refund or property tax refund by direct deposit or check.

If you choose to get your refund by check and your address changes, contact us as soon as possible to avoid delays. If we already mailed your check, it will be forwarded to you if you reported your address change to the U.S. Postal Service.

Income tax refund checks are valid for two years. If you have an expired income tax refund check, mail it along with a written request to reissue it to:

Minnesota Department of Revenue
Mail Station 4110
600 N. Robert St.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55146-4110 

Property tax refund checks are also valid for two years. If you have an expired property tax refund check, we cannot reissue it. The only exception is if you can prove that circumstances beyond your control (“reasonable cause”) prevented you from depositing or cashing your refund check.

If you can show reasonable cause, you may ask us to reissue your property tax refund check for up to five years after the original check date. Send your request letter and documentation proving reasonable cause to the address listed above.

For more information, see Minnesota Statute 290A.18.

Nonliable Spouse

If you filed a joint income tax or property tax refund return and the refund was taken to pay your spouse’s debt, you may ask for a part of the refund back, provided you were not party to the original debt. You must contact the Department’s Collection Division or the other state agency (if listed) within 18 months to get your refund divided.

Contact the Taxpayer Rights Advocate Office.