The State - News from March 20, 1988

Californians are making fewer errors on their state income tax returns this year than in 1986, and the state tax assistance service has a better accuracy rate than its federal counterpart, a Franchise Tax Board spokesman said. Jim Reber reported that one-third fewer errors in 4 million state returns have been recorded so far this year, compared to the same period last year. Altogether, 12 million returns are expected by the board by the April 15 filing deadline. Reber said the most common errors on state returns this year are the same as in past years: copying the wrong income figure from W-2 statements; claiming the wrong amount of tax credits for dependents, and failing to claim the low-income tax credit.