Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 5:34:13 GMT -6
The Mississippi Department of Revenue had issued about $305 million in tax refunds this year, which is ahead of last year’s totals despite having to lay off about 35 temporary workers used to help open tax returns.
DOR’s roughly $73 million budget has been trimmed more than $1 million because of state budget cuts this fiscal year, which ends Thursday. The new budget year begins Friday.
“Right now, we’re about the same place on processing refunds as we were last year,” DOR spokeswoman Kathy Waterbury said. "Due to the budget cuts, we had to dismiss our seasonal help. To compensate, we shifted permanent workers from other departments to help us open mail and scan (image) the returns. Once that was accomplished, these workers went back to their regular duties. Our regular processing and Individual Income staffs have completed the tasks since then.”
Waterbury said that through June 30, 2015, the DOR issued 701,502 refunds totaling $299,456,216. Through June 20 of this year the DOR has issued 718,658 refunds totaling $304,503,253.
Read more: www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2016/06/26/state-issues-tax-refunds/86418078/
DOR’s roughly $73 million budget has been trimmed more than $1 million because of state budget cuts this fiscal year, which ends Thursday. The new budget year begins Friday.
“Right now, we’re about the same place on processing refunds as we were last year,” DOR spokeswoman Kathy Waterbury said. "Due to the budget cuts, we had to dismiss our seasonal help. To compensate, we shifted permanent workers from other departments to help us open mail and scan (image) the returns. Once that was accomplished, these workers went back to their regular duties. Our regular processing and Individual Income staffs have completed the tasks since then.”
Waterbury said that through June 30, 2015, the DOR issued 701,502 refunds totaling $299,456,216. Through June 20 of this year the DOR has issued 718,658 refunds totaling $304,503,253.
Read more: www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2016/06/26/state-issues-tax-refunds/86418078/