Private tax-collecting firm has troubling record
Source: DAN WALTERS, Sacramento BeeScripps News (CA), April 4, 2008
A California employee union is complaining about an embryonic scheme in the state Board of Equalization to hire one or more private collection firms to track down those who owe taxes to the state.
The Service Employees International Union says the state's own tax collectors could do the job just as well, for far less cost, if they were equipped with up-to-date tracking tools.
...... Just a couple of months ago, for instance, LGBS was fired by the city of Chicago after it was revealed that it had bankrolled a vacation trip for the city official who oversaw its contract to collect unpaid parking fines, which had generated $33.6 million in commissions for the firm.