State tax returns

The state comptroller's office reports that Marylanders expecting a state tax refund are filing returns at a record pace. The comptroller cites the recession and the need for extra money as the primary reasons for the early filing.

The Evening Sun would like to know if you filed earlier this year

than normal. If you did, was the recession the reason? Did you use electronic filing to get your refund more quickly?

To register your opinion, call SUNDIAL at 783-1800 (or 268-7736 in Anne Arundel County) today through midnight Sunday. After you hear the greeting, you'll be asked to punch in a four-digit code on your touch-tone phone. Punch 4600 and you'll be connected with "It's Your Call," The Evening Sun's phone survey on topical issues.