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Department of Revenue personal-tax unit says it stopped $1.4 billion in fraudulent refund claims in 2024
Summary
The personal tax and compliance division detailed fraud prevention gains, customer‑service challenges, Direct File Oregon uptake, outreach for the Oregon kids credit, and resource needs as refunds and workloads grow.
Megan Dennison, administrator of the personal tax and compliance division (PTAC) at the Oregon Department of Revenue, told the Senate General Government Subcommittee on March 10 that the division stopped over $1,400,000,000 in fraudulent refund claims during the 2024 processing year.
That figure matters for taxpayers and the state because fraud prevention preserves public funds and protects legitimate filers. Dennison said the stops affected more than 20,000 returns and that the 2024 total was driven in part by “a $1.113 billion refund request that we stopped.” She added that even excluding that single large outlier, PTAC saw about a 45% increase in dollars stopped compared with the prior year.
Dennison outlined PTAC’s approach as a three‑phase model: assistance, education and enforcement. The division answers calls, provides in‑person…
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