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GenTax
Coverage of GenTax in the Nexus archive.
- About 250,000 Michigan tax filers are still waiting for their refunds -- here’s why
Approximately 250,000 Michigan tax filers are still waiting for refunds due to delays caused by the state’s transition to a new tax processing system, GenTax. The system flags discrepancies for manual review, leading to processing delays, while officials attribute the upgrade to improved fraud prevention.
- Why Michigan’s new tax system is holding up refunds for thousands of filers
Michigan’s new tax processing system, GenTax, is causing delays for approximately 250,000 filers awaiting refunds. The system, replacing a 40-year-old mainframe, performs detailed line-by-line evaluations and enhanced fraud checks, leading to manual reviews for incomplete or inconsistent returns.