Stateline: To Create Revenue, Some States Put Scofflaws in Virtual Stocks
media mentionMatthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, said that while making tax delinquents’ names public may work, a larger question is whether that technique is being used because state tax collection departments are underfunded and under-staffed, making regular collections more difficult.
“A better strategy would be that state agencies have the ability to fairly and efficiently collect taxes in the first place,” he said.