Financially-strapped Campbell offers amnesty for delinquent tax filers

By jeanne starmack

starmack@vindy.com

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Tax amnesty days are starting for people who haven’t paid their city income taxes.

The amnesty program is beginning at a time when income tax revenues are dropping again, exacerbating the city’s financial crisis.

City Finance Director Sherman Miles recently told the city council that the drop in revenues which leveled off in June started falling again in July. In June, the city was behind $61,000 on what it should have collected for the year. In July, that figure went to $100,000, Miles said.

People who have filed returns but haven’t paid their taxes will be getting notices at the end of this week that they can pay them within a 90-day window — Aug. 16 to Nov. 15 — and avoid penalties and interest, said city finance director Sherman Miles.

Miles said a tax subpoena program targeting people who haven’t filed has also begun. Subpoenas were mailed to 300 nonfilers Friday. Miles said the 300 selected are believed to owe the most money.

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