At this time of the year, the Internal Revenue Service is not looking to be Scrooge, it wants to be Santa and return more than $153 million to taxpayers — more than $700,000 to Hawaii residents alone.

The IRS says it is looking to return $153.3 million in tax refunds that couldn’t be delivered to 99,123 taxpayers nationwide because of address errors.

Of that, $716,438 in refunds are due to 585 taxpayers in Hawaii.

The average undelivered refund check nationally is $1,547; $1,225 in Hawaii.

The IRS says taxpayers can find out if they’re still due a refund by going to irs.gov and using the "Where’s My Refund?" tool; or by calling (800) 829-1954. 

Meanwhile, the agency warns the public that it does not contact people by email to alert them of pending refunds and does not ask for personal or financial information through the mail. It advises not releasing any personal information, replying to or opening any attachments or links that can infect computers.