Has the NYS Tax Department Gone Rouge? Or Are They Just Following Orders – Selig calls for a Special Attorney and Investigative Oversight

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has become capricious, heavy-handed and Naziesque, says David Selig of Selig & Associates. Over zealous Collection Enforcement Agents are padlocking businesses, suspending Drivers licenses, inflating and falsifying tax liabilities and corkscrewing business-owners into paying usurious penalty and interest rates. Astonishingly, these “rouge Agents” are costing taxpayers twenty to twenty-five  (20 - 25) times more than they collect.

For example, earlier today Five Enforcement Agents for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and Four uniformed Police Officers stormed a local business; ejected it’s employees; emptied the cash register, and padlocked the door.

Why? Because the owner of the business owes the Tax Department Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000).  The business-owner wanted an installment agreement but the State or more apropos, the State’s Collection Agent arbitrarily refused. And now (because of the Agent’s heavy-handed tactics) several employees are out of work, the landlord won’t be paid, orders won’t be filled - and the tax debt that precipitated this seizure, will remain repaid. 

The problem has become so pervasive, that Selig is calling for a Special Attorney and Investigation of the Entire Collection Department.  For more information call Selig & Associates directly.

Selig & Associates provides the most aggressive tax representation allowed by law. Specializing in payroll, income and sales tax controversies for individuals, contractors, restaurants and professional practices. We settle contested tax audits; payment plans, compromise tax debts, and resolve all marital tax issues, including innocent spouse relief and separation of liability.