Taxpayers who
electronically file their Rhode Island personal income tax returns, and who
have a balance due on April 15, have the option to pay that balance by
arranging for a direct debit from their bank account. As a result of a computer issue that arose shortly after the April
15 filing deadline last month, the direct debit was mistakenly made twice for a small number of those taxpayers.
Following is an update:
The Division of
Taxation has completed the direct deposit of refunds for all affected
taxpayers. “We completed the direct deposits last week,” said Rhode Island Tax
Administrator David M. Sullivan. “Therefore, we are confident that all
of the affected taxpayers have received their refunds by now, deposited
directly into their accounts. Anyone who has not should receive theirs
shortly,” he said.
The Division
initiated the direct deposit transaction for some of the affected taxpayers on
April 27. For the remaining 237 affected taxpayers, the agency initiated the
direct deposit transaction on April 29. “The Division
determined that all of the approximately 250 affected taxpayers would receive
their refunds by direct deposit, not by paper check,” Sullivan said. “Direct
deposit is faster, and our aim was to get the taxpayers’ money back into their
hands as quickly as possible,” he said. The entire matter was resolved less
than two weeks after it occurred.
