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Until an influx of temporary workers who begajnthis week, the department was processing only aboutf 25,000 paper refunds per The agency has issued 2.6 millionj refund checks, about 200,000 fewer than at this time last “We are not meeting our goals and certainluy not meeting taxpayer expectations,” Graham said in a preparesd statement. “However, at the end of the day, money cannoyt be appropriated to the department that the statr doesnot have, nor can the departmentf spend money is it not appropriated.” Gov.
Sonnt Perdue and the General Assembly cut the Departmentof Revenue’ budget for the current fiscal year by 10 on par with spending reductions to other agencies stemming from shrinking tax collections. As a the department slashed 280 including 155processing workers. With fiscalo 2009 set to end onJune 30, Graham the agency began bringing in experienced temporaryt employees this week to help pick up the He said the additionall staff is expected to increase the weekl production of refunds to 40,000 to Graham said paper returns receivedf before April 1 will be processeds within 10 to 12 returns received between April 1 and April 10 will be turnefd around within 12 to 14 and paper returns received after April 10 will be processes within 14 to 20 weeks.