The Finished Distribution Of Taxpayer Refund Checks Of Indiana
Every Hoosier expecting they’re $325 in state taxpayer refunds to come as a paper check should by now have gotten or claimed their payment.
State Auditor Tera Klutz’s office has printed and mailed over the past month more than 1.5 million paper checks to qualified taxpayers, with the last batch dropping in the mail on Sept. 22. she confirmed on Tuesday.
Klutz has stated that most Hoosiers who filed a 2020 tax return in 2021 should have gotten their automatic taxpayer refund via direct deposit or mailed check by now. Klutz also acknowledged that some Hoosiers with special circumstances still may need to take additional steps to get the taxpayer refund.
Hoosiers who lost, destroyed, or have never gotten their paper check, or received a check that was blurry or unreadable, can submit state form 42850 to the auditor’s office to reissue the payment. State checks delivered to individuals who have died should be returned to the auditor’s office with an affidavit (state form 49377) and a copy of the death certificate so they can reissue the payment to the person’s estate or appropriate heir.
Klutz has stated that while most eligible recipients have received their refunds, they are aware that many need further assistance to claim them. Due to the checks being issued from the 2020 Indiana tax return some recipients may have died or moved to other places, and so we are working to get those checks reissued to the proper name and address.
Just about every Hoosier expecting their $325 in state taxpayer refunds to come as a paper check should by now have received their money. (Photo: NWI)
Indiana finishes distribution of taxpayer refund checks
The Indiana Department of Revenue can also do a refund check split for Hoosiers who have gotten a $650 joint check made out to a married couple who filed their 2020 state income taxes together but got divorced ever since.
Those who think they are eligible for a taxpayer refund and received neither a direct deposit nor a mailed check should directly contact the Department of Revenue after November 1 to allow time for the return of the mail.
Because Indiana’s reserve accounts exceeded specified levels at the end of the state’s 2021 budget year ($125) and its 2022 budget year ($200), the $325 per person payments were required by law. $1 billion is approximately the total cost to the state of the $200 payments. Indiana ended the 2022 budget year with reserves that totaled $6.1 billion, well above its usual reserves balance of about $2 billion, record shows.
According to the State Budget Agency, The $125 payments cost the state $545.3 million throughout the 2021 budget year when state reserves sat at $3.9 billion. The payments were separately issued using direct deposit earlier this year to people whose bank account information is on file at the Department of Revenue. They were mixed for Hoosiers who needed a paper check due to delays caused by a nationwide shortage of the security paper needed for the checks.
