Ulster County’s $1 million error corrected, says top officials

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KINGSTON – A $1 million duplicate payment from Ulster County Government to the state has been corrected, County Executive Patrick Ryan and County Comptroller March Gallagher said.

In 2020, an erroneous wire transfer to the State Department of Taxation and Finance was identified by the finance department within days, they said.

“This issue was swiftly resolved, money was returned with interest, and there was no harm to Ulster County taxpayers,” said Ryan.

“The comptroller’s office and executive’s office separately reviewed the transactions associated with the allegation and the related documentation and reached the same conclusion,” said Comptroller March Gallagher. “We have determined that there was an overpayment of taxes to the State of New York, that when identified was rectified, and eventually refunded to the county with interest. There was no financial loss to the taxpayers because of the error.”




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