D.C. seizes $1.7m in tax refunds for unpaid tickets, debts

By Alan Blinder

Published March 31, 2013 4:00am ET

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D.C. seizes $1.7m in tax refunds for unpaid tickets, debts — "Our government is not very good at spending money wisely, and perhaps too good at collecting money," Ward 2 D.C. Councilman Jack Evans said in a constituent newsletter. "While I don't doubt the ability of the Office of Tax and Revenue to collect the revenue, I am concerned agency information sharing may result in over-collection."

The District has garnished about $1.7 million this year in tax refunds from residents with outstanding debts to the city, including unpaid traffic tickets and belated child support.

According to figures from the District’s chief financial officer, the city had collected $1,693,486.15 through Thursday in what the government officially describes as “offsets” from the 2012 tax year.

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