HONOLULU (AP) — Last-minute tax filers are waiting four months to get their returns instead of the few weeks initially predicted by the state. ADVERTISING HONOLULU (AP) — Last-minute tax filers are waiting four months to get their returns instead
HONOLULU (AP) — Last-minute tax filers are waiting four months to get their returns instead of the few weeks initially predicted by the state.
Department of Taxation spokeswoman Mallory Fujitani said the process is being slowed this year by paper filings and new procedures implemented to cut down on fraudulent filings.
Paper returns take more time to process, an option Fujitani says 60 percent of the state’s tax filers used.
Officials are working overtime and on weekends to catch up. The state will have to pay 4 percent interest on any returns not received by July 20.
