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Louisiana residents still waiting for income tax refunds
Source:
wafb.com
- Mar 9, 2013
By Kelsey Davis
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
A huge talker on social media Wednesday was income tax refunds. Louisiana residents say they are still waiting for their money or just some answers. The Louisiana Department of Revenue says identity theft is part of the hold-up.
"In 2011, there were nationally 1.1 million cases of identity theft tax fraud that were tracked by the IRS," said Byron Henderson with the Louisiana Department of Revenue.
Henderson says this year, the state is attempting to cut down on fraud by using a new processing system. He says it carefully examines tax payer forms to make sure the person filing is not using someone else's identity. Henderson says this adds about a two week delay on getting back refunds out to tax payers, but some people say it's been much longer.
"I just want some answers because me and my clients are getting kind of upset, kind of hot because this it's some money we worked for," said Tori Cosey.
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http://www.wafb.com/story/21538298/hundreds-of-louisiana-residents-still-waiting-for-income-tax-refunds
Category: Louisiana
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