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Ohio Mistakenly Promises Taxpayers Whopping Tax Refunds

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Huron, Ohio (March 11, 2011)

By Michael Cohn

An Ohio woman is one of nearly 10,000 who have received letters from the Ohio Department of Taxation claiming they would receive eye-popping tax refunds in the mail.

Denise Bossetti of Huron, Ohio, received one such letter, promising to send her a check for $200 million because it was unable to directly deposit the sum. She quickly showed it to her boyfriend.

“I thought, ‘They are going to have a big negative when they cut that check,’” Bossetti told the Sandusky Register. “We had a big laugh. I kept saying to Charlie, ‘What’s it like to live with someone with $200 million?’ He said, ‘Let’s wait till we get the check.’”

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The Ohio Department of Taxation admitted that it has sent approximately 9,700 letters to taxpayers advising them of the hugely exaggerated refunds.

Ohio is facing a projected budget deficit of approximately $8 billion.

3 Comments

'What's it like to live with someone with $200 million?' "Hey, let's get married!"

Posted by: timbo | March 16, 2011 1:50 PM

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Let's all move to Ohio!

Posted by: stvehorn | March 14, 2011 11:30 AM

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how could that happen once, let alone 9,700 times? Doesn't the state owe an explanation how, with an $8 billion deficit, that precious resources have been wasted by yhr generation of these letters? Astounding...

Posted by: tomsulpizio | March 14, 2011 9:31 AM

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