Joyce Elliott: tax scofflaw

A new report details Joyce Elliott’s pattern of refusing to pay her taxes (in two different states!) over the course of a decade, even as she voted to raise taxes on Arkansas families.

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Congressional hopeful Elliott pays disputed N.Y. taxes
Frank Lockwood 
Arkansas Democrat Gazette 
October 17, 2020 
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/oct/17/congressional-hopeful-elliott-pays-disputed-ny/

State Sen. Joyce Elliott, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District, paid delinquent New York taxes last month, after resisting payment for more than a decade. 

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A tax warrant of $9,234.32, dating to September 2011, and another for $349.87, dating to March 2018, were satisfied on Sept. 9, according to the New York State Department of State’s online Tax Warrant Notice System. 

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Elliott’s New York tax dispute overlapped with tax disputes in Arkansas. 

In March 2011, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration filed two liens against Elliott for delinquent individual income taxes. 

One, for $8,833.12, was released in July 2011, after she submitted full payment. The other, for $338.55, was released in June 2012 after being paid. 

Elliott has also repeatedly been assessed penalties for late payment of property taxes, court records show. 

The National Republican Congressional Committee, which uncovered the New York tax documents, said they raise questions about Elliott’s fitness to serve. 

“Joyce Elliott is a typical liberal politician who thinks the rules don’t apply to her. Elliott has consistently supported higher taxes on Arkansas families, but can’t be bothered to pay her own tax bill,” committee spokesman Bob Salera said in a written statement. 

Hill said the liens raise questions. 

“She’s quick to raise taxes on people,” he said. “If these assertions or allegations are true, I hope she’ll tell us why she’s not a better steward of her own tax obligations.” 

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