RVDondaPC on 23 April 2010
I don't have any numbers on how many people get refunds but from this 2007 USA Today article about $230 Billion dollars is given in Tax refunds. And I'm sure that number is ever higher this year.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2007-04-04-tax-refund-usat_N.htm
The reason why the tax refund impact may not be that great right now could be because most people who are getting refunds have filed already and received their checks while the majority of deadline filers are tax payers that owe money. I can admit that, maybe I misjudged the timing of the tax refund impact but to try to say that tax refunds don't have an impact on retail sales for things like video game consoles is pretty misguided.
