RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond official has resigned following a series of errors with the city’s one-time property tax rebate process, including over 8,000 residents receiving checks with the wrong names on them.
As part of a special rebate program , the city of Richmond issued tax rebate checks to Richmond property owners, which awarded a four-cent reduction per $100 of assessed property value. These checks were meant to be calculated and awarded based on properties owned in 2024.
On March 25, officials reported that “several thousand” residents had received checks with the wrong name printed on them. The city said at the time that it was working to cancel the affected checks and reissue them…