By MPR News Staff
A third batch of tax rebate checks will hit mailboxes soon, and they’ll be slightly different than those that might have been dropped in the trash rather than taken to the bank.
The Minnesota Department of Revenue will try again next week to get the $260 per person payments to about 128,000 qualified recipients. Two earlier attempts wound up with voided checks because they weren’t cashed within 60-day windows.
The rebates are part of a $1 billion giveback approved last session. Revenue Commissioner Paul Marquart said the outstanding payments add up to about $48 million.
While the earlier ones had a return address from a Montana-based vendor, these ones will be more clearly marked as coming from the state agency.
“It will be a regular check from the Department of Revenue,” Marquart told the Senate Taxes Committee on Thursday. “So it looks like a regular Minnesota check. So on that one, you have two years to cash it. And after two years if it’s not cashed, it’s sent to unclaimed property.”