TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — More than 20,000 tax refunds to be distributed by the state of Kansas won’t go out until July.

Department of Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda told The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1lGy7IN ) as of this week, the department has a backlog of 20,690 individual tax refunds, which adds up to $10.1 million. This time last year, the department had 24,603 returns to send out.

Koranda says the department has worked hard to get refunds out in a timely manner.

She pointed to three reasons refunds checks may be late in arriving: the return was filed late, is missing paperwork or is being scrutinized for fraud.

She said 5,000 returns have come in the last week, which is fairly typical.