Merry X-Mas Uncle Sam

The IRS is sitting on $92 million in tax refund checks that they couldn't deliver last year. The average refund waiting to be claimed is $963. Not a bad chunk of change, eh. The checks went unclaimed because the IRS doesn't know where to send them. Residents had moved without notifying the IRS or the Postal Service. The IRS says:

"Taxpayers can use the "Where's My Refund?" feature on the home page of the IRS.gov Web site to learn the status of their refunds. To use it, a taxpayer must enter a Social Security number, filing status (such as single or married filing jointly) and the refund amount shown on the taxpayer's 2005 tax return. When the information is submitted, "Where's My Refund?" will display the status of a refund and, in some cases, provide instructions on how to resolve potential account issues.

Taxpayers can access a telephone version of "Where's My Refund?" by calling 1-800-829-1954."

We've supplied the link here.