Do You Owe Chicago Parking, Other Fines?
It's time to pay up. The city is using a new state law to get at your state income tax refund.
The city of Chicago is using a new state law to get the money you owe on that parking ticket you have been ignoring. The City Council Wednesday acted to use the Illinois Comptroller’s new Local Debt Recovery Program to seize income tax refunds for scofflaws who have not paid judgments or parking ticket fines dating back to 2005. If your tax return is less than what you owe, the remainder can be taken out of future refunds for up to five years. Each year, the state will keep a $15 processing fee, NBC Channel 5 reported. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is not about to let more than 100,000 Illinois residents and businesses with overdue Chicago parking tickets, red-light camera citations and judgments rendered by city hearing officers get off scot-free, …
Jim McMahon
12:21 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012
ITS ALL IN THE THE NAME OF SAFETY TO PUT CAMERAS AND THEN TAKE YOUR TAX REFUND. BIG GOVERNMENT AT ITS BEST. more ›