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Department of Revenue details operations, fraud prevention and data-security practices
Summary
Commissioner Paul Marquardt told the House Tax Committee the Minnesota Department of Revenue collects roughly $33 billion a year, runs with low administrative costs, and has blocked tens of millions in fraudulent refunds. Lawmakers pressed the agency on use of AI, protections for taxpayer data and services for filers without bank accounts.
Paul Marquardt, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Revenue, briefed the House Tax Committee on the agency’s operations, fraud prevention and customer-service work, saying the department handles roughly $33,000,000,000 in tax receipts a year and operates with an administrative cost of about 0.6%.
Marquardt told members the department manages roughly 3.1 million individual income tax filers each year, processes hundreds of thousands of refunds early in the season, and that refunds are currently going out in about 6.84 days. He described technology and testing systems used to process returns, including an internal processing platform he identified as the GenTAC system used for large-scale testing and return processing.
Why it matters: the department’s work funds schools, safety, health and other services. Maintaining public confidence in the security and…
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