Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
Tax Fraud Enforcement
Part of living in a free society involves the payment of taxes so the government can provide an infrastructure to ensure that its citizens have a fair opportunity to prosper. The government relies on its citizens and businesses to voluntarily pay a portion of their income and sales to fund education, roads and highways, social programs, criminal justice and other services that provide the foundation for society to function.
When citizens and businesses choose to ignore their charge to society by failing to pay the appropriate amount of taxes, unjust consequences follow. Non-compliance with tax laws place a heavier burden on honest taxpayers who have to make up the difference. Business owners who do not fulfill tax obligations can gain a competitive advantage over their honest competitors.
The Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) is committed to upholding the integrity of the tax system. KDOR takes its responsibility to detect and confront noncompliance very seriously. The legislature has given KDOR appropriate tools to maintain a level playing field by applying legal remedies to enforce compliance when taxpayers choose to disregard their tax obligations. These tools include civil remedies such as wage garnishments, bank account levies and seizure of assets. Criminal sanctions are also available for KDOR to use when the noncompliance is more serious in nature.
The vast majority of taxpayers are honest and KDOR is dedicated to providing world class service to them. KDOR recognizes that taxpayers are our customers and their satisfaction is paramount to our success. When dishonest taxpayers deliberately fail to file, misrepresent or conceal facts in order to understate tax liability, however, KDOR must address the situation in a firm and fair manner in order to protect honest taxpayers.
Tax schemes include failure to file; over-stating exemptions, deductions and expenses; and under-reporting taxable income and/or sales. Trust tax theft is collecting sales or excise taxes for the state and failing to turn the money over to the state. Tax refund schemes involve the use of fictitious information in order to obtain a refund the taxpayer is not legally entitled to. This type of criminal activity is not tolerated by KDOR.