Hal from 2001 Space Odyssey
Computer system delaying N.J. income tax refunds
Friday July 12, 2013, 12:00 AM
BY JOHN REITMEYER
STATE HO– USE BUREAU
The Record
Sharon Patula filed her New Jersey income tax return back in March, weeks ahead of the state’s deadline. But as mid-July approaches, she has yet to receive a refund. And the state hasn’t been able to tell her whether the return is lost or just sitting somewhere unprocessed.
“We gave them $1,300 that didn’t belong to them,” said Patula, a former Hawthorne resident who now lives in South Carolina. “I’m very frustrated.”
Patula is not alone, according to the state Department of Treasury. Nearly three full months after the deadline for taxpayers to provide their income tax returns to Treasury’s Division of Taxation, the agency said it is still working to process roughly 183,000 refunds.
Some refunds could be delayed until the end of August, and Treasury officials are blaming a switch this year from an outdated system for scanning and processing returns to a new computerized system. This isn’t the first time the state has had a problem with income tax returns in 2013, a reelection year for Governor Christie, a Republican who has been pushing a new income tax credit while out on the campaign trail.
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