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One thing that beats getting a tax refund is getting two.
Six hundred Maryland taxpayers received a double refund from the comptroller of the Treasury after workers accidentally printed 600 duplicate checks and mailed them.
“Six hundred out of 2 million is not a big mistake, but it’s a mistake nonetheless,” agency spokesman Michael Golden said Wednesday. “I have been assured a system has been put in place to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
The blunder stemmed from a high-speed printing machine in Annapolis, Md., that spits out 15,000 to 20,000 checks a night.
The agency has asked recipients to return the duplicate checks, Golden said.
