Tax Commissioner Cory Fong says the 2013 North Dakota Income Tax season is one for the record books.
"We had a record number of returns filed," said Fong. "This year, almost 400,000 were filed before the deadline."
85 percent of those were filed electronically. And Fong says that doesn't count returns that will come in under the extension deadline, Oct. 15th.
Fong says his office issued 231,000 refunds, worth about $55 million. That averaged $240. He says those numbers were down slightly from last year.
"I think part of that has to do with the fact that people found themselves under-withheld, and they ended up paying in," said Fong. "And we have more filers, too."
Fong says his department was also able to process the returns more quickly this year. He says that’s due to more e-filers, as well as a more experienced temporary staff.