Your state tax refund could take longer to come in than usual. Security measures designed to prevent tax fraud are causing Illinois taxpayers to wait longer for their refund.
Terry Horstman of the Illinois Department of Revenue says the agency is working to fix the problem.
"As various tax schemes have been detected, we have tried to counter those schemes with additional software upgrades to our systems that help detect the fraudulent activity."
The federal government estimates Illinois had about 30 million dollars in fraudulent claims last year.
Horstman says the fastest way to get a refund is filing electronically and it can be tracked at www.myrefund.Illinoiscomptroller.com.