I just announced that I am co-sponsoring legislation introduced by Senator George Winner, S. 3985, that requires the Commissioner of the New York State Taxation and Finance to provide for the payment of State tax refunds within 30 days of the Department’s receipt of a taxpayer’s tax return unless there is a discrepancy.
Also, today I launched an on-line petition drive, which can be found on my government website — at golden.nysenate.gov — to protest Governor Paterson’s decision to withhold New York State tax refunds. The petition encourages the State to issues the tax refunds to New Yorkers as soon as possible. I plan to deliver the petition to the Governor to let Mr. Paterson know how residents feel about this proposal.
Hardworking New Yorkers are counting on the State refunds and many residents of my district have already expressed their frustration upon hearing his announcement. Families are planning to use this refund to help pay bills, tuition, buy clothing, pay rent and more, and so it is simply not right for Governor Paterson to unilaterally decide to hold the refunds. This is not the State’s money. This is the people’s money and the people should get it just as quickly as possible.
This money belongs back in the pockets of New Yorkers. It’s a terrible economic time to ask hard-pressed taxpayers to wait a little longer for a tax return that they’ve earned. When the shoe is on the other foot, we know that the state doesn‘t hesitate to impose fees, fines, and everything else under the sun on taxpayers failing to make timely payments.
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So my tax refund is already late. I need that money to pay for school. They had no problem taking from me, why are they not giving it back?
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