STATE SEEKS $65 MILLION IN UNCOLLECTED TAXES

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, January 7, 1993                   TAG: 9301070232
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY   
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short
STATE SEEKS $65 MILLION IN UNCOLLECTED TAXES
The state Department of Taxation has hired two private collection agencies to try to bring in $65 million in unpaid taxes over two years.
The $11.5 million program, called "Virginia Tax Compliance Initiative," will run until June 1994, Tax Commissioner William H. Forst said Tuesday.
Other facets of the program include a panel to investigate records to identify tax deadbeats and a program to increase public awareness of tax laws and filing deadlines.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB