Klutz: All automatic taxpayer refund checks printed and mailed

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — All computerized taxpayer refund checks have been printed and despatched out to Hoosiers, State Auditor Tera Klutz mentioned Thursday.

“We efficiently accomplished printing on September 21 and despatched the final batch of computerized taxpayer refund checks to the postal service on September 22,” Klutz mentioned in an announcement. “Most Hoosiers who filed a 2020 tax return in 2021, ought to have acquired their computerized taxpayer refund by way of direct deposit or mailed examine by now.”

Greater than 1.5 million checks have been printed and distributed to Hoosiers, in keeping with Klutz. The cash for the checks got here from Indiana’s $3.9 billion price range surplus.

To qualify for the $125 examine (or $200 if filed collectively), Indiana taxpayers would have needed to file an Indiana particular person tax return for 2020 that was postmarked by Jan. 3, 2022. In August, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Enrolled Act 2 into legislation, securing a second examine — this one price $200 — for Indiana taxpayers.

How Hoosiers obtain their cash is determined by how they filed their 2020 particular person earnings tax returns.

Taxpayers who used direct deposit ought to have already acquired their cash. Hoosiers who didn’t use direct deposit will get a mixed examine from the state for $325 (or $650 if filed collectively).

Klutz says that whereas most eligible Hoosiers have already acquired their refunds, some may have additional help.

• Hoosiers who qualify for the automated taxpayer refund however nonetheless haven’t acquired a direct deposit or mailed examine ought to contact the Indiana Division of Income after Nov. 1 to permit time for returned mail to course of.

Accomplished and notarized varieties may be mailed to the Indiana Auditor of State at 200 W. Washington St., Room 240, Indianapolis, IN 46204.