From the Kokomo Tribune:
The Indiana Department of Revenue has issued 17 warrants for unpaid taxes to Bunker Hill this year totaling nearly $23,000.
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The delinquent taxes come from the town and the Bunker Hill water company and sewage works.
The Department of Revenue also has issued a slew of tax warrants dating back to December 2010. They remain unpaid.
Chetrice Mosley, senior communications specialist with the DOR, said although warrants have been issued for payment, the actual amount owed may be much less. She said if Bunker Hill hasn’t filed taxes or didn’t file for the last few filing periods, the DOR estimates the bills based on past filing numbers.
If the town can produce completed and updated filings for the missing tax periods or other documentation showing the taxes have been paid, the amounts on the warrants would change and possibly disappear, Mosley said.
But that could be a problem for Bunker Hill.
Betzner said she filed the necessary paper work with the state, but council member Jeanne Lemieux said Betzner is unable to produce proof that the taxes have been filed or paid.
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Even if the correct tax documentation can be produced and the total delinquent tax amount drops, Mosley said tax warrants can come with penalty fees, assessed interest and agency fees which Bunker Hill may be required to pay.
Lemieux and town board president Bruce McEntyre said they are working with Betzner to solve the tax situation, noting the town did pay $15,000 on a tax warrant in February.
To add to its financial woes, Bunker Hill still has not received approval from the state on its 2012 budget.
Lemieux said the town was set to receive a $50,000 revitalization grant from the state, but officials have frozen the money until a budget for 2012 is approved and adopted.
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http://kokomotribune.com/local/x296816147/State-issues-warrants-for-unpaid-taxes-in-Bunker-Hill
