The State Board of Accounts released a Compliance Engagement Report of the Town of St. Paul for the time period of January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2023.
Compliance Engagement Report- Town of St. Paul Indiana
The outcome of the report states that the Town received penalties, Interest, and other charges to the Internal Revenue Service for an amount of $35,585.71 due to unpaid federal payroll withholding taxes in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. These were later paid by the newly elected Clerk Treasurer in 2024.
The report also states that the town paid penalties and interest in the amount of $5,330.13 due to not submitting state payroll withholding taxes December 2019-2023. St. Paul Water Utility paid penalties and interest in the amount of $7,234.31 for not remitting sales tax timely from December 2019-2023. The total amount of penalties and interest to the Indiana Department of Revenue was $12,564.44. This amount was later paid by the newly elected Clerk Treasurer in 2024.
