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I like the reason stated on the last paragraph. (From VA Tax department)

RICHMOND, Va. Last year, more than 2.3 million Virginia taxpayers, a record 61 percent, filed their tax refunds electronically hands down, the easiest, fastest, safest way to file. If they were due a refund, the majority of online taxpayers had them within days. Those who filed on paper, on the other hand, waited up to four weeks for their refunds.

Filers can expect the same turnaround times this

The reason for this is that, like last year, the Department of Taxation (TAX) is hiring fewer hourly employees during the busy filing season to process paper returns due to the budget issues facing the Commonwealth. Processing paper returns is much more costly than processing returns filed over the Internet