PSD asks Finance on date for completion of IRS refunds – Observer

The PSD has asked the government to make a status of IRS refunds, addressing a number of questions to the Ministry of Finance, in particular on the scheduled date for completion of payment of the 2015 refunds.

in a question tabled Friday in Parliament, submitted by five Members of the PSD, are asked various data for this year and last year, namely the total amount already repaid, ie actually paid in four dates reference: April 30,, May 31, June 30 and July 31 the years 2015 and 2016:

Members of the PSD still question the total amount still to refund in each of the dates reference, and that the average value per taxpayer / household repayments already effectively paid and to be held in each of the reference dates.

They are also requested data on the number of taxpayers whose refund was paid, regardless of the choice of joint or separate delivery and the percentage of the declarations delivered whose reimbursement has already been paid in each of the reference dates.

the question, which is signed by Antonio Leitao Amaro deputies Duarte Pacheco, Christopher Crespo, Inês Domingos and Margaret Balseiro Lopes, is also asked to be shown the average number of days that elapsed between the submission of the declaration and payment of the refund (delivery electronically and on paper and bank transfer payments and check)

“What is the date for the completion of payment of IRS refunds of 2015, for statements delivered in the 1st and 2nd stages (electronically and on paper.; payments by bank transfer and by check) “, also questioned the parliamentarians of the PSD.

In the question text, the Social Democrats deputies refer to” failure, or even absence, of information on the situation individual of tax returns of taxpayers “by the Tax and Customs Authority, which” has caused great concern and suspicion from a large number of Portuguese. “

” is treated, effectively, a punctuated procedure or by various computer problems that have hampered the submission of declarations electronically, either by questions not sufficiently clarified by the Tax and Customs Authority, which created a high uncertainty for taxpayers or also by unpleasant surprises for amounts repayments, compared to the results presented by the simulator, “the parliamentarians of the PSD.

the social Democrats deputies recall also that in April, the finance minister promised that the early repayments would be made in within 25 days from the delivery date of the declaration, as in previous years, there is no reason for delays in the payment of refunds.

“More recently, there is the information that the Government expects to have completed processing refunds until the end of July, with the exception of situations more complex, “say the members of the PSD.

According to information sent to Lusa, the Tax and Customs Authority (aT) processed until Thursday, 96% of tax returns delivered this year, ordering the repayment of 2.25 billion to taxpayers.

aT caveat that the data released Friday reflect the orders of reimbursement data for the services, taking into account that arise about four days between the authorization of reimbursement and crediting the bank of the taxpayer account.