NO WORD ON IDAHO TAX COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION INTO KEEFE COMMISSARY NETWORK UNLAWFULLY CALCULATING STATE SALES TAX (Dale Shackelford sends ANOTHER email for answers)
Dear Tax Commission Representative:
On May 6, 2018 I sent to you an email regarding Keefe Commissary Network, the sole contract vendor used by the Idaho Department of Correction to sell commissary goods to prisoners, unlawfully calculating sales tax on a line-item basis. I received a response to that email from you shortly thereafter, indicating that an investigation into the matter would be initiated by your commission.
Since that date, I have had no communication from your office regarding this matter, and Keefe Commissary Network continues to charge prisoners sales tax based on line-item calculations, often over-charging sales tax to thousands of people per week in Idaho, but certainly not paying these overages to the commission.
I have considered (and am still considering) seeking a Writ of Prohibition from the district court on this matter to prevent KCN from continuing to calculate and charge sales tax on a line-item basis in violation of Idaho Code, however, I have been waiting for your determination and/or action prior to such filing.
Please advise me of the status of this investigation, as well as any efforts by this commission to have this unlawful collection by KCN halted, and the thousands of dollars overcharged reimbursed.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Dale C Shackelford
#64613 / ISCC / Unit F
P.O. Box 70010
Boise, ID 83707
daleshackelford1@gmail.com
cc: idahoprisonblog.blogspot.com
On May 6, 2018 I sent to you an email regarding Keefe Commissary Network, the sole contract vendor used by the Idaho Department of Correction to sell commissary goods to prisoners, unlawfully calculating sales tax on a line-item basis. I received a response to that email from you shortly thereafter, indicating that an investigation into the matter would be initiated by your commission.
Since that date, I have had no communication from your office regarding this matter, and Keefe Commissary Network continues to charge prisoners sales tax based on line-item calculations, often over-charging sales tax to thousands of people per week in Idaho, but certainly not paying these overages to the commission.
I have considered (and am still considering) seeking a Writ of Prohibition from the district court on this matter to prevent KCN from continuing to calculate and charge sales tax on a line-item basis in violation of Idaho Code, however, I have been waiting for your determination and/or action prior to such filing.
Please advise me of the status of this investigation, as well as any efforts by this commission to have this unlawful collection by KCN halted, and the thousands of dollars overcharged reimbursed.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Dale C Shackelford
#64613 / ISCC / Unit F
P.O. Box 70010
Boise, ID 83707
daleshackelford1@gmail.com
cc: idahoprisonblog.blogspot.com