City of Detroit Tax Refunds

[exdetroiter]

Does anyone know why it takes the City of Detroit longer to process refunds than it takes Federal or State?

[rooms222]

Lack of electronic filing is one reason. Every return must be data entered [[or at least envelope opened and scanned in) by a person...

[DetroitPlanner]

What is a City of Detroit tax refund? In my 25 years of filing, I've never got one. Add interest income to it and you're left owing.

[diver1369]

I made the mistake of paying my winter property taxes by mail. I sent it before Christmas but it wasn't processed until a month later, past the due date. Two months later, I received a bill from Wayne County for my delinquent tax payment.

[Detroitnerd]

I don't know why you think it takes so long. I look upon the receipt of my CoD tax refund check [[usually about $15) as a sure sign that Halloween is right around the corner.

[exdetroiter]

Last year I was due according to my H & R Block tax professional a refund of $140 that was filed April of 2008. I received a bill in February of 2009 I received a bill from City of Detroit for $22.00 stating the return was wrong and I owed the city. Keep in mind at the time I was a resident of the city.

[urbanpioneer]

We filed our return in February. We got our $41 refund on Saturday. But I still think I'm waiting on my refund from last year ...

[Kayaker]

I always file the city return in early April and typically receive the refund in August.