IRB’s refund boo boo

If ya’ll haven’t already heard, plus it was all over the news yesterday, the IRB has withdrawn all tax refund cheques issued from May 27 to 29 and June 1 and 2 on “technical grounds”. Of course, they won’t tell you what’s so technical about the grounds and of course I’ll tell you.

Their cheques were actually perfect except for one little non-cashable boo boo… after the taxpayer’s name on the “Pay to” line, they typed in bank account numbers that belonged to someone else. So, there. Now we all know how the IRB defines “technical”. A typo on a cheque. Thing was, when taxpayers called up about the weird account numbers, their first response was, “Please check with the bank”.

Now, they promise we’ll get our refund by next Wednesday. By post. Would they be “technically” late if they mailed it by Wednesday?