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IRS denies Erwin refund

By RICHARD JENKINS

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ERWIN TOWNSHIP — While Erwin Township overpaid the IRS in 2011, township Clerk Vicky Finco announced Wednesday at the township’s Board of Trustees meeting the IRS was denying a refund because the reimbursement claim was filed too late.

Finco said she received three letters from the IRS, each regarding a quarter of 2011, informing her that the township’s failure to file the proper Form 941s within three years meant it couldn’t be refunded the overpayment.

Finco said the issues arose during Priscilla Gerovac’s tenure as township’s cle...