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Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
About half of Hoosiers have received Indiana Automatic Taxpayer Refund payments
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana's Automatic Taxpayer Refund payments are well underway. According to the Indiana Department of Revenue, about half of the state's 4.3 million eligible taxpayers have received their money so far. Where's my money? What to know about Indiana's Automatic Taxpayer Refund Payments started going out via direct deposit at the beginning of May. The state will continue to distribute them through July, according to a timeline outlined by Gov. Eric Holcomb. The state is returning $545 million to Hoosiers after ending its fiscal year with a surplus. Under state law, the excess money turns into a refundable tax credit. Individual taxpayers are due $125, with married couples who filed jointly getting a $250 payment. The majority of the money will be distributed via direct deposit, the state said. Still waiting? Some Indiana taxpayers will get their Automatic Taxpayer Refund payment by check Some Indiana taxpayers will receive a check in the mail in an effort coordinated by the Auditor of State and the Department of Revenue. According to a spokesperson with the Auditor of State, the check payments are 'still on schedule for July.' A mailed check is likely under the following circumstances: Taxpayers provided direct deposit information tied to refund advance loans or similar circumstances Taxpayers filed an extension to pay their 2021 state tax return The state encountered a problem preventing the money from being directly deposited into an account The state will mail checks to a taxpayer's last known address, generally the one listed on their most recently filed tax return. The state aims to have all payments, whether direct deposit or check, distributed by September. Taxpayers who are still waiting for their money should wait until Sept. 1 before contacting the Department of Revenue about the status of their payment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
County treasurer, facing a felony charge, expected to be relieved of her duties
(Stock photo) The Madison County treasurer, now facing criminal charges of theft, fraud and felony misconduct in office, is expected to be formally relieved of her duties Wednesday afternoon. The Madison County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet in special session to approve a resolution appointing First Deputy County Treasurer Kaylee Barber as the acting county treasurer until County Treasurer Amanda DeVos' status is resolved. The board is also expected to approve a separate resolution that withdraws DeVos' access to Madison County's bank accounts. DeVos, 37, is a Republican who has served as the county treasurer since January 2023. She is facing charges of felonious misconduct on office, tampering with records, third-degree fraudulent practices and third-degree theft. She has yet to enter a plea in the case. According to the county sheriff's office, deputies received an anonymous report last November that DeVos had obtained her vehicle registration without paying the required fees and that she then altered county records so it would appear she had paid the fee. On Jan. 30, after learning that the Auditor of State's office was also looking into the matter but wouldn't being completing its work for several more weeks, sheriff's office personnel met with DeVos. She allegedly admitted creating false government records to show she had paid her vehicle registration fees. An employee of the treasurer's office then provided the sheriff's office with the relevant records, according to the sheriff's office. Prior to the criminal charges being filed, DeVos' office was the subject of several complaints alleging citizens' payments to the county weren't being processed in a timely manner and that payments from the treasurer to various taxing entities in Madison County, such as the Winterset public schools, were not being distributed in a timely manner. Earlier this year, KCCI and WHO reported that city officials in Winterset and Patterson had complained the treasurer's office misallocated $250,000 by mistakenly routing the money to Winterset rather than Patterson. After her arrest, DeVos filed with the court a sworn financial affidavit and application seeking a court-appointed attorney. In her affidavit, she reported she was employed by the county, but did not report any income or assets. District Court Judge Charles C. Sinnard subsequently denied the request, citing the lack of financial information provided by DeVos. DeVos and her privately retained attorney, Timothy McCarthy II, declined to comment on the case Wednesday. In 2023, DeVos was sued by First National Bank of Omaha for failing to pay $7,569 in credit card bills. The case was later dismissed.
