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A bug in the computer system of the financial services concerning the IRS

&amp;NewLine;<p>A bug in the finance department's computer system meant that the values declared by category B taxpayers with organized accounting were not taken into account&amp;comma; reports the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;jornaldenegocios&period;pt&sol;economia&sol;impostos&sol;irs&sol;detalhe&sol;erro-do-fisco-obriga-a-devolucao-de-reembolsos-do-irs">Jornal de Negócios<&sol;a>&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">A bug in the computer system of the financial services concerning the IRS <&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>As a result, repayments of<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;le-remboursement-de-lirs-en-2021&sol;" class&equals;"rank-math-link">IRS<&sol;a> This means that taxpayers will now have to reimburse the sums unjustly paid out by the finance department&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The Notícias ao Minute newspaper asked a source at the Ministry of Finance how many taxpayers are affected by this error and whether the situation is already being regularized&amp;period; Unfortunately, so far&amp;comma; it has not been possible to&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;get an answer&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>A source from the tax authorities told the same newspaper that the problem stemmed from a "reading" error in the liquidation of a taxable income field on Schedule C of the 3&amp;period model; Paula Franco, President of the Ordre des comptables agréés&amp;comma; says it may have been "a bug in the finance department's computer system&amp;comma; but it's still very serious"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Finance has already reimbursed 1&amp;comma;125 million linked to the IRS&amp;period; <&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Finance departments have already paid out 1,125 million euros to taxpayers in IRS&amp;comma; refunds, with an average payment time of 20&amp;comma;7 days &amp;&amp;num;8211&amp;semi; including automatic and manual IRS &amp;&amp;num;8211&amp;semi; according to Ministry of Finance&amp;period data;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Of the total number of declarations submitted, 2,028,588 have already been settled and 1,180,738 taxpayers have been reimbursed, for a total of 1,125 million euros, said the office of Minister João Leão&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;

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