“A lot of people know they owe money. This gives an opportunity for them to save some money and get the debt cleared.”
—Senate President John Alario (R-Westwego), on the two-month tax amnesty program that goes into effect on Sept. 23 and which will allow delinquent taxpayers to save 100 percent on penalties and half of the interest on their late taxes.
“By creating the Office of Debt Recovery and better collecting funds owed to the state, we can use taxpayer dollars more responsibly and ensure that we continue funding critical services like education and health care.”
—Gov. Bobby Jindal, on signing HB 629 (Act 399) into law, creating the Office of Debt Recovery within the Department of Revenue.
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This would be laughable if it wasn’t so sad, wonder how many takers they will have and how soon will they pay, then after paying where will the money go???
What Gov. Jindal is saying and hoping that we don’t read between the lines is this- “By creating the Office of Debt Recovery and better collecting funds owed to the state, we can use taxpayer dollars to continue to line my cronies’ pockets and ensure that we continue telling the public that we’re funding, but actually still cutting critical services like education and health care.”
We are not fooled, Gov. Jindal.