The Department of Finance has started releasing this week the first batch of income tax refunds worth about $5 million.<\/p>\n
During a radio news briefing last Friday, Finance Secretary David DLG Atalig said they hope to release the second batch of income tax refunds within 10 days.<\/p>\n
Atalig said that department staff started printing the income tax refund checks last Friday morning, then they needed to sort and get the checks out in the mail. He said they had staff working over the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaxpayers in this first batch should be expecting it as early as Saturday morning or Monday morning, and throughout the week, depending on how the post office gets the checks in their mail boxes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Atalig said taxpayers may contact the Division of Revenue and Taxation to check if they\u2019re in the first batch. He said they are also getting a lot of calls regarding different child tax credits. He said the staff at the Division of Revenue and Taxation are available to answer any taxpayer\u2019s questions. He cautioned, however, that they will probably be getting a lot of calls so people have to be patient. \u201cHopefully, we\u2019ll get to their calls or emails,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Atalig said they are releasing checks based on a first-in, first-out process. That means those who submitted their tax returns first before the deadline get to be in the first batch. <\/p>\n
With respect to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance checks, Atalig said they\u2019re having a meeting that day, Friday, with Labor\u2019s PUA team, where one of the topics is how to speed up the process of releasing the checks as well as to find out how much more they have to release.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re always working on trying to improve our process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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