Comments on: Kansas City loses tax record tapes

By: Vincent Staggs

Vincent Staggs — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:14:45 +0000

I’m glad to hear I’m not the only infuriated and bewildered by this local tax and the incompetence at the Revenue Division. Thus far they have: Tried to penalize me for taxes I paid but they miscalculated; tried to collect from me for 2002, when I didn’t move to KC until mid-2003; lost my wife’s 2006 Profits Return (the check we sent with it was cashed, so we know they received it); assessed me $11.00 plus penalties and interest for supposedly underpaid 2006 taxes without any explanation of this number or the income on which it was based; asked why I didn’t file a return for a year in which I earned $70 in Missouri (I was in grad school); and given us two different answers to the same question about business licenses. Why are they wasting my time and tax dollars on this? Is there anything we can do? Do we have any rights, or are we at the mercy of a merciless bureaucracy? We cannot wait to move out of KCMO.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:49:07 +0000

I live in Blue Springs and have worked in different areas of Kansas City for 8 years. I should get all of that money back since I never lived in KC and now I go to vote at the primary for the mayor, but I can’t because I don’t live in the city. I beleive THAT IS taxation without representation.

By: streets of gold

streets of gold — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:41:50 +0000

I wonder how many cities manage without city earnings tax?

with all the millions and millions dollars kc has gotten over the last thirty years through the earnings tax, i feel that we should have streets of gold by now.

By: Kansas is home

Kansas is home — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:03:37 +0000

I work in Downtown KC MO and live in KS. I have been ripped off for years for the Kansas City taxes taken out of my check just for the privilage to cross the bridge to work. I don’t see any benefits of the tax. I assume that most MO residents don’t either. The “misplaced” IRS tapes are just another display of the citys mismanagement. I think the city govenment and city hall should be cleaned out of all staff and just start over. I want my city earnings tax back!

By: ka chink for kcmo

ka chink for kcmo — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:32:48 +0000

As far as I am concerned kcmo was to provide free trashbags in exchange for the 1 per cent tax. it stopped giving out free trash bags years ago. Since then it has collecting the 1 per cent tax illegally.

I believe they should give out refunds for every year it has not given out free trash bags.

we should demand to see the original text on the ballot that promised free trash bags.

people living in kc have been ripped off for years.

let’s not be ripped forever.

By: wondering

wondering — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:51:10 +0000

they should make every employee at city hall take polygraph tests and they should also mke the irs send out notices to every one whose information has been lost and include what information has been lost…. social security numbers.. bank account numbers etc. If the irs can’t find out exactly who and what was included on the tapes, then they should be held accountable for gross negligence and fined by legal courts.

i personally beleieve that they should also lay off every employee at city hall until it is found out how the tapes got lost. This lay off should be without pay or benefits.

the people of kcmo should also be able to vote whether or not they want to repeal the city earnings tax.

By: BLOGical Thoughts » Monday, 22 January, 2007

BLOGical Thoughts » Monday, 22 January, 2007 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:28:15 +0000

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