Business Assets Seized - Crystals Livestock Express LLC

For Immediate Release
August 31, 2009

Media Contact:
Freda Warfield - 785-296-3042

(Topeka) -- This morning, the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) and Crawford County Sheriff executed tax warrants filed in Crawford County District Court. The department seized the business assets of Crystals Livestock Express LLC owned by officer David Crystal, located at 692 E 600th Ave, Pittsburg Kansas for nonpayment of State Withholding tax.

All known bank accounts, on-site cash, business inventory, and personal property assets belonging to the owner were seized and the business was sealed closed. Seized assets will be sold at public auction to pay toward delinquent tax.

Warrant execution occurs when all other collection attempts, including multiple letters, telephone calls, letters of impending legal action, tax liens filed with the district court of domicile to secure the debt, previous bank levies and on-site till taps are executed to bring the taxpayer into compliance have been exhausted. After several unsuccessful collection attempts, or lack of response from the taxpayer, the department is forced to take aggressive warrant execution action of seizing assets, which in this instance resulted in the business being closed.

KDOR's standard practice is to continually encourage delinquent taxpayers, who are not lawfully filing or paying taxes to voluntarily enter into a repayment agreements.

Tax Warrants Executed:
Withholding Tax: Case# 06ST11G – Crawford County - Periods 9/03 & 12/03, 1/04 thru 3/04, 6/04 thru 7/05 -- tax delinquent: $50,349.14

Withholding Tax: Case# 07ST51G – Crawford County- Periods 8/05 thru 9/06—tax delinquent: $240,095.84

Total Withholding delinquent tax: $290,444.98

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