To: The Connecticut State House, The Connecticut State Senate, and Governor Ned Lamont
End CT's Special Tax Deal for JPMorgan Chase
End Connecticut's special tax deal for JPMorgan Chase
We the undersigned call upon the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services to end its requirement forcing Connecticut taxpayers who do not directly deposit refunds to open a debit account with JPMorgan Chase to obtain a tax refund.
This outsourcing of basic government services to assist a ‘too-big-to-fail’ bank gain new accounts and customers, while adding banking fees and penalties on top of an existing government bureaucracy, is a misguided and sad abuse of power. We pay enough state taxes to have the tax department provide minimum services like directly sending refunds.
We the undersigned call upon the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services to end its requirement forcing Connecticut taxpayers who do not directly deposit refunds to open a debit account with JPMorgan Chase to obtain a tax refund.
This outsourcing of basic government services to assist a ‘too-big-to-fail’ bank gain new accounts and customers, while adding banking fees and penalties on top of an existing government bureaucracy, is a misguided and sad abuse of power. We pay enough state taxes to have the tax department provide minimum services like directly sending refunds.
Why is this important?
Today's mail brought two unrequested debit cards, not as a pormotional offer from some start-up financial institution, but from the CT Department of Revenue Services. They were sent with no DRS warning or information to announce that if I have a tax refund that is not directly deposited, I am required to open an account with JPMorgan Chase to receive my rightful refund. If a private company send unsolicited credit/debit cards they would be breaking the law. One wonders who and how this special deal with the banksters was made. We pay sufficient state taxes to deserve at least minimum service from this Department. Receiving a refund without having it go to a third party is about as basic as it gets. This is a sadly misguided abuse of power by DRS.