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A Mexican restaurant in Southampton Village has been seized for the second time in less than a year for delinquent tax payments.
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance closed down La Hacienda on Jagger Lane on Thursday, July 9, on multiple tax warrants and changed the locks. Susan Burns, the tax department’s assistant director of public information, said three tax warrants were issued against La Hacienda since December, two totalling $16,384 for sales tax and one $1,043 warrant for withholding tax. The Department of Taxation and Finance alleges that La Hacienda collected sales tax from customers and income tax from employees but never turned the money over to the state.
A notice on the window, signed by tax compliance agent K. Mabli, warns that the state will sell La Hacienda’s assets if the warrant is not satisfied.
“Generally, what can happen is the taxpayer files returns with no payment,” Ms. Burns said. Other times, she said, businesses do not file their tax returns at all and the department estimates how much is owed.
La Hacienda is owned by a limited liability company called LaHacienda LLC.
When La Hacienda was first seized, in October, Ms. Burns said its owners owed the state $20,836 in sales tax collected between September 1, 2007, and May 31, 2008, but the department returned the keys to the restaurant days later.
“We worked with them to come to a settlement in order for them to redeem the business at that time,” she said.
La Hacienda’s owners have still not satisfied the $20,836 tax warrant, according to Ms. Burns.
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Thanks for the comment--you're absolutely right, and we've just posted an update to the story letting people know it's back open.
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