Software blamed for Ohioan's $200M refund promise

[March 12, 2011]  HURON, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's tax department says a promise that it would send a woman a $200 million refund check was a mistake due to a software glitch.

The Sandusky Register reports Denise Bossetti was among 9,700 taxpayers statewide who received Ohio Department of Taxation notices about mega-refunds. It's not clear if the other amounts were as big as what Bossetti was told to expect. The woman from Huron in northern Ohio was sent a letter dated Jan. 24 saying her $200 million refund could not be paid by direct deposit so she'd be sent a check. Bossetti says she and her boyfriend had a "big laugh" over the letter. Another dated a week later explained there'd been a software error. Tax department spokesman Gary Gudmundson says the problem has been fixed. ___ Information from: Sandusky Register, http://www.sanduskyregister.com/ [Associated Press] Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.