The Commissioner for Revenue said on Thursday that during the printing process of the tax refund cheques, 1,000 duplicate cheques were printed and posted by mistake.

952 of these cheques were addressed to people living in Marsaxlokk while the other 48, to people living in Żebbuġ.

In the coming days these people will be contacted by mail to receive instructions on how to return the extra cheque, the Commissioner for Revenue said.

It said that the banks have already been notified and instructed to issue a stop payment on these cheques.