Over $200 Million Still Available for NSW Residents, Businesses to Claim

A record $21.8 million (US$14.5 million) in unclaimed money has been returned to New South Wales (NSW) households and businesses this financial year, with a further $234 million still up for grabs. Revenue NSW holds payments, refunds, unpresented cheques, dividends, and other unclaimed money when people move, die, change their name or lose relevant paperwork. The department contacts people to return their funds, last year sending more than 11,000 letters for unclaimed money worth $8 million. But only around a quarter of that was ultimately returned. NSW Finance Minister Courtney Houssos is encouraging people to search the unclaimed money register. “With $230 million still available in unclaimed money for people in NSW, I encourage everyone to get online, search the register, and get the money that’s owing to you,” she said....