Tax Collectors Go Public To Shame You

The IRS and state tax authorities are using new methods to force taxpayers to file tax returns and to pay the taxes penalties and interest

The following article from USA Today also appeared in many other national and local newspapers.

USA Today - Latest Tax Tool - "Internet Shaming"

States try to embarrass debtors into paying by posting their names, By Ben Jones USA Today

Tax scofflaws, beware. State governments are combining new technology with old-fashioned shame to goad delinquent taxpayers to pay up.

At least 18 states have launched websites to post the names of people and businesses that owe back taxes. Maryland calls its website "Caught in the Web". In South Carolina, it's "Debtors Corner." Wisconsin on January 3 will launch "Website of Shame".

Advocates of so-called Internet shaming say it's an inexpensive way to capture millions of dollars at a time when many states have tight budgets and seek politically viable ways to find more revenue.

"Raising taxes is a very radioactive strategy". Says Sujit Canaga Retna, a fiscal analyst with the Counsel of State Governments, a non-partisan group that provides policy information to states. "This is another way to bring in more (of) what is owed to the state in an innovative way that has proven to be fairly successful. It's gathering more popularity across the country."

Georgia 's online delinquent tax list has collected at least $19,600,000.00 [$19.6 million] since it went up in February 2004. Colorado 's website has raised $11,000.000.00 [$11 million]. Kansas went online in March 2004.

"NOTICE OF PENDING INTERENT POSTING" began the letter the Wisconsin Department of Revenue recently sent to more than 7,000 people and businesses who owe the state at least $25,000.00 each in sales, income, corporate or other taxes. Wisconsin is owed $771,000.000.00 [$771 million] in back taxes, about 7% o the $11.5 billion it collected last year [2004]. The state is not expecting to recoup all of it. It's goal is $1,500,000.00 [$1.5 million a year].

The threat of online exposure is working. At least 88 Wisconsin residents and 21 businesses have agreed to settle debts totaling $7,900,000.00 [$7.9 million]. "The real success of the program is before the postings are made," says Geraldine Conrad. "People are motivated to pay."

Some tax specialists worry about the Internet shaming trend. "How are people going to be compensated when, inevitably mistakes are made?" says Pete Sepp, spokesman for the National Taxpayers Union, a non-partisan watchdog group.

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