Kansas Department of Revenue

TOPEKA – Tuesday, Kansas Department of Revenue civil tax enforcement and Ellis County Sheriff’s officers seized the business assets of Mattress America, LLC, which owed $21,709 in state sales and withholding taxes

Officers seized all known bank accounts, on-site cash, business inventory and personal property assets belonging to owner Stephen D. Weilert. The mattress store at 3310 Vine St., Hays, was sealed closed the assets will be sold at public auction to pay the taxes owed.

Warrant execution occurs when all other collection attempts, including multiple letters, telephone calls, letters of impending legal action, tax liens filed with the local district court to secure the debt, previous bank levies and on-site till taps are executed to bring the taxpayer into compliance have been exhausted.

Only after several unsuccessful attempts does the department take the action of seizing assets, which in this instance resulted in the business being closed.

The revenue department’s standard practice is to continually encourage delinquent taxpayers, who are not lawfully filing or paying taxes – such as sales or withholding – to voluntarily enter into a repayment agreement.

Tax Warrants:

Sales Tax – 16ST59 – Ellis County – Jan. 2015 through April 2015, July 2015, Oct. 2015, Dec. 2015 and Feb. 2016 – $9,007.63

Sales Tax – 16ST71 – Ellis County – March 2016, May 2016 – $8,797.61

Withholding Tax – 16ST61 – Ellis County – Annual Reconciliations 2013, 2014 and 2015 – $3,903.59

Total taxes owed: $21,708.83