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More tax refund checks going out in the mail on Wednesday

ASG Treasurer Ueligitone Tonumaipe’a
Those who filed between Feb. 6- Feb. 11
reporters@samoanews.com

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Treasury Department is releasing via the US mail service on Wednesday, May 13th all 2019 tax refunds for those who filed between Feb. 6th and Feb. 11th, totaling more than $1.68 million.

The refunds are included in Batch number 9, according to ASG Treasurer Ueligitone Tonumaipe’a in a brief statement last Thursday.

Of the total refund checks — $589,829 is for local and more than $1.09 million for the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC), which is funded by the US Internal Revenue Service.

Batch #9 brings into the local economy a total amount of refunds issued so far to more than $7.9 million — with over $5.11 million in ACTC and more than $2.79 million in local refunds, says Tonumaipe’a.

To assist with tracking refunds, Tonumaipe’a reminds taxpayers to always keep in mind their filing date, and batch number, as disbursement of checks is based on this information.

According to the ASG Treasurer, all tax refund checks will be mailed to taxpayer’s mailing addresses as listed on their filed tax return. For those with general delivery addresses and those without mailing addressed, checks will be disbursed by appointment only.

Taxpayers are advised to contact the Disbursing Office at 633-4155 for more information; and they are advised to have tax return information available when calling to verify identify.

ASG Treasury has already extended the 2019 tax filing deadline from Apr. 15th to July 15th. (See Samoa News edition Mar. 31st for details.)