I received a refund verification letter for my 2021 Virginia tax return. I had filed electronically through Turbotax and Virginia accepted the return. The letter I received appeared legitimate but I called the Virginia Dept. of Taxation phone number in the letter to make sure. My letter had a correspondence ID #. That number is important.
The person with whom I spoke explained the process and said it made no difference that my return had already been accepted. He indicated that Virginia is being very careful to verify tax return data before issuing refunds. Obviously, this is to prevent fraud.
The refund verification letter explains what documents Virginia will need to verify a refund. The fastest and most secure way is to submit documents online. This was an easy process.
I uploaded my documents the day I received the letter and hope to receive my refund soon.
