Dayton ombudsman: Helped woman with income tax bill issue

A building on West Monument Avenue that houses the Dayton-Montgomery County ombudsman's offices. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

A building on West Monument Avenue that houses the Dayton-Montgomery County ombudsman's offices. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

Editor’s note: The Dayton ombudsman’s office provides weekly columns to the Dayton Daily News to bring awareness to issues it sees. Read this in print on Thursdays.

A woman contacted the Ombudsman because she received a collection letter from the Attorney General’s office about her state income tax. She understood from the letter that her income tax had been withheld due to her husband filing unemployment. The husband is now deceased, and he never filed unemployment prior to his death. The Attorney General sent another notice that the man’s application for unemployment was deemed fraudulent. The woman went through the steps to provide requested information to the Attorney General’s office and waited. She received no information about her case so she contacted the Ombudsman Office to assist.

The Ombudsman contacted the Attorney Generals office and received an automatic “out of office” email. The Ombudsman sent two additional emails after the date in the automatic response stated the office would be responding. A response was received after the receipt of the Ombudsman’s third email. The communication stated that the woman’s refund was being processed and should be expected in six to eight weeks. The woman was grateful to the office for their assistance and notified us that the refund had indeed been received.

The Ombudsman Column, a production of the Joint Office of Citizens’ Complaints, summarizes selected problems that citizens have had with government services, schools and nursing homes in the Dayton area. Contact the Ombudsman by writing to us at 11 W. Monument Ave., Suite 606, Dayton 45402, call 937-223-4613, or by electronic mail at ombudsman@dayton-ombudsman.org.

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