City Of Chicago Looking For A Few Good Rats

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City to Pay for Informing on Tax Cheats

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Would you be willing to rat out a business that's cheating Chicago on taxes in exchange for a share of back taxes recovered?

City Hall is counting on it.

Mayor Daley's tough-times, 2010 budget includes a first-ever "Tax Whistleblower Program" expected to include cash bounties for informants who deliver the goods on unpaid business taxes.

The cash reward would be a percentage of the amount recovered, but specifics are still being worked out. The dreaded employee head tax and lease tax are just two of the most frequent targets for tax cheats.

"It's just another way of bringing people into compliance," said Revenue Department spokesman Ed Walsh.

"It would probably be ... a business knowing that a competitor is not remitting a tax. An employee [of the tax-dodging business] could know that, too. Typically, you need to provide some type of incentive."

http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1847998,CST-NWS-revenue27.article


Who copied who, didn't Der Leader ask his minions to snitch on those who dared question his health care reform this summer. The Stasi has found a new home in America.

 

[Annie]

City to Pay for Informing on Tax Cheats

View attachment 295


Would you be willing to rat out a business that's cheating Chicago on taxes in exchange for a share of back taxes recovered?

City Hall is counting on it.

Mayor Daley's tough-times, 2010 budget includes a first-ever "Tax Whistleblower Program" expected to include cash bounties for informants who deliver the goods on unpaid business taxes.

The cash reward would be a percentage of the amount recovered, but specifics are still being worked out. The dreaded employee head tax and lease tax are just two of the most frequent targets for tax cheats.

"It's just another way of bringing people into compliance," said Revenue Department spokesman Ed Walsh.

"It would probably be ... a business knowing that a competitor is not remitting a tax. An employee [of the tax-dodging business] could know that, too. Typically, you need to provide some type of incentive."

http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1847998,CST-NWS-revenue27.article


Who copied who, didn't Der Leader ask his minions to snitch on those who dared question his health care reform this summer. The Stasi has found a new home in America.

One cannot overstate what Chicago is doing to kill business, I don't understand Daley's thinking. Two years ago, several friends and myself were going downtown at least every other month for theater and dinner.

Yes, it was pricey, we figured about $220 each for the night. Wicked and Jersey Boys were higher, others a bit lower. Included tickets, parking, dinner, tips. It spiked to nearly $280 thanks to taxes on tickets, dinners, and parking increases.

We stopped and now do theater in 'burbs, total cost about $65 for the night. Including dinner/brunch, parking is free, and tickets.

This weekend went to a 'downtown wedding', at Wyndham Chicago. Had to cost over $150k. Beautiful and the city of course was the perfect backdrop. Interestingly enough the conversation at table was how much everyone loved the city, but it's just no longer worth the cost. Two of the people at the table said they'd moved their businesses from the city to the 'burbs because of taxes.

Would they rat out anyone that could get 'around' those? I doubt it, but it's nearly impossible. Instead they flee.