Comments on: Century Business Owner Repaying Thousands In Sales Tax Theft Case

By: justsayin

justsayin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:09:40 +0000

Hope it all works out for her and her mom,They are hard working ladies.That does not excuse not paying the taxes.I am sure most of that amount is fines,and fees.But that is a huge amount of money for her to pay.Guess we learn as we go.

By: Sweetie

Sweetie — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:52:23 +0000

Dang, girl! Bad way to screw up. I had a store like yours once and when our accoutant didn’t pay the payroll taxes for our employees, that was taken out of ALL of our checks, my husband went to the IRS to report the incident and make it right. The IRS said, sure, we’ll make arrangements: we want our money in 30 days or we’ll shut you down. 12K grew to 30K in a year. We let everyone go, worked it ourselves, paid back the IRS, and lost the business. It did take about three months to find the error, but when I was checking the money, realized that our money was gone, tracked it back to her, and fired her. Went just as straight as could be to the IRS. Never trust them. The sales tax people, either. It’ll always be on their side because they know the law and how to bend it. Thank goodness my husband was smart enough to incorporate our business. Anyway, I always thought you had a great personality and seemed like a really nice lady. Too bad for this mistake that will wind up costing you everything. From: the strawberry hill lady

By: Out for Justice

Out for Justice — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:15:26 +0000

Terri, if you watch any cop show on tv you’ll discover they like to let the ‘non-violent lawbreakers’ go on for awhile so they can get bigger convictions for them and more feathers in their caps. Maybe this is true in real life too…..

With all the other serious crimes going on in Florida, they found time to investigate this for FOUR years. Just think of all the drug dealers, rapists, child molesters, robbers, wife beaters, etc., that would be off the streets if the money and time that was spent on this had been spent on catching and putting real criminals away.

I agree she should have paid all the money she collected for state taxes to the state. But the punishment should fit the crime – this does not.

By: Terri Sanders

Terri Sanders — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:57:48 +0000

I wish my business could have had sales like that,but probably the cost of the investication was what most of the money was for.Investigators are like attorneys…paid well to make people obey the law.cant figure how come it took this long.I miss a payment one month and i get a serious letter from the Dept of Revenue warning me…took them 4 years of investication?? geezz

By: mary

mary — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:56:39 +0000

whenyou own a business, they tax you to death…she was probably trying to keep her doors open…they make it so hard for the small businesses…best of luck to you

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:22:33 +0000

That is sad. I’m sure she is a hard working woman. But I am just as sure she knew exactly what she was doing. You can not be in business without knowing you have to pay the taxes you have collected for the government. I have been in business for 33 years and that is one of the very first things you learn. What you see in you account is not all yours which is why you should have seperate accounts so you do not make these kinds of mistake be it intentional or un-intentional. With times being hard people try and use other monies that do not belong to them and end up like this person getting in trouble. Once again I’m sure she is a hard working person but she had to have know what she was doing. There is no defense for this kind of thing when it has been going this long. I do agree the sentence she received is extreme. There are people who are walking the streets that have done a lot worse than she that has has less in sentencing.

By: Just My Thoughts

Just My Thoughts — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:49:00 +0000

$76,974.49 in restitution………
That’s insane! What’s the interest rate???? Sure isn’t close to what the banks are paying – in saving’s accounts or cd’s. And 15 years probation??? Paroled rapists and killers get less….

Good luck Ms. Tania Michelle Cunningham.

By: Gerry Dumenkoffen

Gerry Dumenkoffen — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:53:10 +0000

Also, if they cut your power off – DO NOT SHOOT THE TELEVISION!!

By: Gerry Dumenkoffen

Gerry Dumenkoffen — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:52:17 +0000

That figures out to over 1 million dollars in sales. I think Century needs more businesses grossing these kinds of revenues.

By: huh

huh — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:18:38 +0000

15 years probation? thats nuts I doubt those businesses ever made 80K worth of revenue.

From 2004 to 2006 , thats 3 years , are they saying she made $26,000 a year in just “sales tax ” that she didnt turn in? I somehow doubt that