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The tax delinquent hall of shame earns $278K for state, but for most, it’s blood from a turnip

Posted on April 20th, 2009 – 11:14 AM
By James Shiffer

basszone.JPGMy Sunday column described the state Department of Revenue’s list of revoked sales tax permits, a roster of debtors that I blogged about shortly after it debuted last year. The defunct business above, still sporting a sign at 420 East Lake Street in Minneapolis, got its permit yanked in September after it failed to pay more than $544,000. That’s a lot of woofers.

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2 Responses to “The tax delinquent hall of shame earns $278K for state, but for most, it’s blood from a turnip”

  1. Whistleblower » Blog Archive » Tax debtors owe state $489 million, MPR reports Says:
    June 9th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    […] search of missing tax dollars, Whistleblower paid a visit to the closed Bass Zone store on East Lake Street in Minneapolis in April. I didn’t find the $544,000 owed to the state in back sales taxes. […]

  2. Whistleblower » Blog Archive » Loot from massive tax raid secured in an undisclosed location, could be on sale soon Says:
    July 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am

    […] the record, I called BZ3 in Burnsville in April when I was reporting my first dispatch on Bass Zone Inc., because a Google search on the latter took you straight to the former. A man who identified […]

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