I am currently dealing with this. Through my employer I have paid my city taxes and I have filed every year not knowing I had to file separately with my city. I have never recieved a letter until this year. They are now charging me $150 a year in penalties for 2015-2020 and they expect me to pay it in full by January 20th. I do not have that kind of money to just pay at the drop of a dime. I emailed the city tax department in hopes they can be waved this one time as I was unaware that I had to do this.
However, I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do or what they will do if they don't forgive them. What, do I not pay my rent and don't feed my children for a month so in turn I can pay LATE fees?? I can't pay it.. 😪 even a monthly payment is a burden I can't take on right now. You would think this expectation would be advertised somewhere since it's not common across all states.
