Rev & Tax releases $4M in tax refunds; additional $138,622 in EIP program payments

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(PNC graphic by Ricky De Guzman)

The Department of Revenue & Taxation has processed and the Department of Administration will mail 1,699 2019 tax refund checks this week.

The checks total approximately $4,061,861 including refunds garnished to repay
government debts for error-free returns filed on or before June 05, 2020.

In addition, DRT announced the release of an additional 90 EIP Program payments totaling about $138,622.

Altogether, for the months of April 2020 through December 2020, DRT processed 82,918 EIP Program payments totaling about $145 million.

This represents about 97.14% of the total funding received from the U.S. Treasury.

In line with the CARES Act, DRT will continue to process EIP Program payments through December 31, 2020.

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