Sending checks to pay fixed repayments – Observer

The Tax Authority had a computer problem on June 30 that led her to issue checks for payment refunds, but the problem has been solved: the checks were canceled and the repayments made by bank transfer

<. p> according to information from the Ministry of Finance, released on Wednesday, the Tax Authority (aT) performs daily thousands of bank transfers for the payment of refunds, by sending a global transfer order to the IGCP – Agency management of Treasury and Public Debt

“on the 30th of June, there was a computer problem sending this order to the IGCP, automatically activated the fallback procedure:. issuing checks. Until June 30 there had been no problem in this regard and it was promptly resolved, not having returned to occur, “says the ministry.

Since the situation was quickly resolved and” prevent citizens concerned the delay and the inconvenience associated with receiving reimbursements by check, “aT canceled the issuance of checks and repeated the bank transfer order.

Thus, the transfer orders for the day 30 June were again processed fully, as can be seen by the affected taxpayers by consulting the portal of finance, says the ministry.

According to the Ministry of Finance, there was no problem with the transfers ordered from the June 30.

according to the same source, until May 31 were repaid EUR 676 million plus EUR 23.2 million than in the same period last year.

to date, had been processed EUR 827 million, registering an increase of 174 million euros over the same period.

The Ministry of Finance estimates that this year be reimbursed over 200 million.

“the previous government underestimated the cost of the family quotient and also the deductions. For this reason, the IRS revenue projected in the State Budget [state budget] 2016 includes the amount of -200 million euros to cover this ‘carry-over’ negative, “the statement said.

These figures are mainly related to the first phase of delivery of the IRS, ie the category tax returns a (dependent work) and H (pensions).

for VAT until May 31 were repaid 2.0185 billion euros, up 227.1 million euros than in the same period last year.

“in the first three months of 2015 the amount of refunds paid was abnormally low as a result of changes the rules thereof. This effect will be going blurring over the months, helping to accelerate the rate of accumulated annual growth of VAT revenue, “says the ministry.