Woman who owes $1.16 in taxes faces $4,000 in fines

Miami Herald ^ | October 14, 2005 | The Associated Press

[Bernard]

She owes $1.16 in tax. Is thisone of those taxes where if you owe less than a dollar you don't have to pay it?

Somebody richly deserves a slap upside the head for this situation. Maybe it will knock their tiny little brain back into the little slot where it's connected.

How do people who make these rules get in charge? Simple, we the people elect them or the person who hired them.

[DB]

The issue is apparently that she didn't file a return regardless of what she owes (or doesn't owe).

I've never lived in a city that had income taxes.

I do believe I'd leave. Property and sales taxes are enough...

[goldstategop]

Yeah - that's a lot of money. They can take everything she has and throw her in jail and no way she'd ever be able to pay that tab. $4,000 is already a heck of a lot in fines.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Jim Robinson]

Income taxes, whether federal, state or city are slave taxes. The unelected tax agents prey and feed on the populace.

[PositiveCogins]

This is Cincinnati, Oh. One of my favorite things is asking people who screw up if they are from Ohio. Thats a big insult here in Texas. Another favorite is to call them a liberal Muslim. "you Muslim, you sure your not from Ohio?"
Thats worse then saying something bad about there mother.

[Bernard]

The tax agents are unelected, but we elect the people who put them on the payroll and authorize their actions.

[defenderSD]

This is absurd. Even the federal government does not require people to file tax returns if their income is below a certain level. I think that income level is somewhere around $5,000. This city government is out of control. They're asking people to file income tax returns when even the Feds don't require one.

[PositiveCogins]

Hay Jim you got that right. Half the year you work for the government at the point of a gun. If you refuse, you go to jail. If you refuse to go to jail, deadly force will be used to put you there. If you still refuse the government see no reason for your existence.

[goldstategop]

Sorry. I thought it was $1.6 million, LOL. But asking for $1.16 in taxes is utterly ridiculous. Not even the feds and the state requires filing an income tax return if you are below a certain tax bracket. It just doesn't make sense what Loveland did. They probably got more in sales taxes from this woman than they did in the city income tax they want to collect. Talk about Stuck On Stupid. LOL

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Waco]

When you're driving down the interstate and see a car come down the entrance ramp, and stop before merging into traffic. Check the tag, probbably Ohio.

[raynearhood]

I grew up in Ohio, learned to drive in Ohio, and I've never seen that happen in Ohio. You must be mixing our liscense plates with Florida plates. Ours are red, white, and blue and have O-H-I-O written on them. Florida plates have an orange on them.

[staytrue]

Property and sales taxes are enough

The govt. will decide when you have paid enough, not you.

[staytrue]

Cincinnati is also the town where they put a grandma in jail for putting nickels into the expired parking meters.

[staytrue]

I grew up in Ohio, learned to drive in Ohio, and

Then I am absolutely sure you have gotten many a speeding ticket in Ohio. Attention everyone, if you are driving through Ohio, speed limits are umbiquitously enforced.

[staytrue]

Your post in 11 is way off base. However, Columbus is getting pretty famous for people driving the wrong way on the Outerbelt. If these people actually stopped on the ramp, they would probably notice they were about to go the wrong way.

[SauronOfMordor]

I'm guessing the $1.16 is tax on interest from her savings account, and she figured "I having been working, so I have no need to file"

[muawiyah]

I drive through Ohio (on my way to someplace else) several times a year, and have done so for more than 1/3 of a century.

So far I have yet to see a single traffic cop.

[DH]

Loveland officials say everyone is required to file an annual return, regardless of income level.

Does that mean that the illegal aliens have to file a report too?  If so, why don't they go after them?

[goldstategop]

Illegal aliens don't have to pay taxes. But they can get taxpayer benefits. No wonder this country is racking up multi-billion dollar deficits and looking the other way. In the light of all this, I don't see what Loveland's fuss over an unpaid $1.16 from an American citizen is all about. Its too funny for words.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)