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Juneau lawyers step up enforcement of sales‑tax delinquencies; criminal filings used to compel payment
Summary
The Assembly Finance Committee received an update July 9 on stepped‑up city enforcement of sales‑tax delinquencies, including faster outreach and the limited use of criminal charges against repeat noncompliant businesses.
The Assembly Finance Committee received an update July 9 on the city’s efforts to collect unpaid sales taxes, with the city reporting expanded use of civil and criminal tools to bring delinquent businesses back into compliance.
Attorney Wright, representing the city’s legal team, said the city has focused recent efforts on faster outreach, payment plans and, for repeat noncompliance, criminal prosecution. “We are utilizing the criminal prosecution option for, again, repeat offenders, people who are failing to engage with the sales tax office, people who, you know, are not showing up to court,” Wright said. She added that criminal prosecutions are intended to get a taxpayer’s attention and bring them…
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