More than $100 million is sitting in government coffers waiting to be collected by Victorians unaware they could be sitting on a windfall.
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The State Revenue Office has more than a million unclaimed entitlements across Victoria ranging from as little as $20 all the way up to $994,994 - the biggest single entitlement - which is owed to a Mulgrave woman.
About $400,000 is also awaiting collection from a woman in Brighton East, while another in Ardeer has $259,828 waiting for her.
The money is made up of share dividends, salaries and wages, proceeds from a sale, or rents and bonds that has been unclaimed for at least 12 months.
Treasurer Tim Pallas encouraged all Victorians, businesses and community groups to search the State Revenue Office online database.
"You will know within seconds if you're sitting on an unexpected windfall," he said in a statement on Monday.
Last financial year, the State Revenue Office reunited $16.6 million with its rightful owners.
Australian Associated Press
