Friday, April 11, 2014

Many West Virginians File Last-Minute Returns



About 30 percent of West Virginia taxpayers wait until the final week to file their state returns.

Department of Revenue Secretary John Doyle said the department receives about 25 percent of returns in the week before April 15. Another 5 percent to 8 percent of returns are received after April 15.

Procrastinating filing a return can delay receiving a tax refund.

Doyle said taxpayers who haven't yet filed returns will have to wait four to six weeks to receive their refunds.

An Internal Revenue Service spokesman, Mark Hanson, said about 20 percent of taxpayers wait until April to file their federal returns.