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NM urges taxpayers to file electronically

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico no longer will automatically mail out personal income tax packages to individual taxpayers.

The Albuquerque Journal reports that the move is expected to save the state more than $70,000.

The Department of Taxation and Revenue says that last year, it mailed tax packages to 88,000 individuals at a total cost of $140,000.

This year, the department will send those same taxpayers a postcard urging them to file electronically, and tax packages will be mailed only if requested.

Officials say that paper filings have an error rate around 28% because of illegible information that results in human errors.

Paper filings also take longer to process and to return funds.

 

Information from: Albuquerque Journal

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