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Until an influx of temporary workers who begannthis week, the department was processing only about 25,00o0 paper refunds per week. The agenchy has issued 2.6 million refund checks, about 200,0090 fewer than at this time last year. “We are not meetinh our goals and certainly not meetinhtaxpayer expectations,” Graham said in a prepare d statement. “However, at the end of the day, money cannot be appropriated to the department that the state does not nor can the departmenf spend money is itnot Gov.
Sonny Perdue and the Generao Assembly cut the Departmenftof Revenue’s budget for the currenf fiscal year by 10 percent, on par with spending reductions to othet agencies stemming from shrinking tax collections. As a result, the department slashesd 280 positions, including 155 processint workers. With fiscal 2009 set to end onJune 30, Grahamn said, the agency began bringing in experiencerd temporary employees this week to help pick up the He said the additional staff is expected to increasw the weekly production of refunds to 40,000 to 45,000.
Grahaj said paper returns received before April 1 will be processed within 10 to 12 returns received between April 1 and Aprio 10 will be turned around withijn 12 to14 weeks, and paper returnsx received after April 10 will be processedx within 14 to 20 weeks.