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Article: QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY BROWN: QUEENS USED CAR DEALER CHARGED WITH $222,000 SALES TAX THEFT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 9, 2007
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The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued the following news release:
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by Acting New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Barbara G. Billet, today announced that a Flushing resident has been charged with a $222,000 state sales tax theft in connection with his operation of a Jamaica, Queens, used car dealership. The dealership allegedly annually sold between 50 and 100 used motor vehicles that ranged in prices from $10,000 to $30,000 per vehicle.
District Attorney Brown said, "When consumers pay sales taxes they expect those funds to go into the public treasury - not into the business owner's pockets. By ...