Louisianans can begin filing their state income tax returns Thursday but will see a delay in receiving their returns due to new fraud prevention software being used by the state, according to the state’s Department of Revenue. Both the federal and state governments had pushed back the first date for filing returns to Jan. 30 as part of the New Year’s deal that averted the fiscal cliff.
Those filing their state returns this week won’t be able to get their refunds for a month, however, due to new security features introduced by the Department of Revenue, according to a news release. The department will not start processing returns until the middle of next month and the first refunds will go out on Feb. 26, according to the release.
Tim Barfield, the department’s executive counsel, said in the release that stopping tax fraud was one of his top priorities after being hired last year. About 23,000 cases of tax fraud were uncovered in Louisiana last year.
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