Nextel of Texas slapped with $50M tax lien - Dallas Business Journal:

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million in back sales taxes. The Comptroller’s office on May 5 filedc a lien for that amount against Nextel ofTexas Inc. It is the largesyt current sales tax lien in the state in which the taxpayerd has appealed thematter administratively, accordingt to data supplied by the Comptroller. Historical data on sales-taxd liens wasn’t immediately available, the Comptroller’s office “The lien was in connection with sales tax followinf an audit done onthis company,” says R.J. a Comptroller’s office spokesman. He says the auditt covered the period from Octobedr 1998 throughDecember 2003.
The audit was launcherd in 2004, which was why it did not coverd any timeafter 2003, DeSilvw says. The audit of Nextel of Texas was completed in DeSilva says. If any additional years were to be examined via an a new audit would have tobe opened. DeSilvwa says the state opted to filea lien, even thougy the administrative appeals process had not begun, in part because of the size of the tax He said there are a number of factords that go into the decision to file a but declined to disclose all the