Audit: State not doing enough to collect unemployment taxes
LANSING - The state auditor again found fault with Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency, saying Wednesday that the department has only partially complied with a 5-year-old audit that criticized failures to collect delinquent taxes employers are supposed to pay into the system.
The audit came days after Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration reassigned the agency director after thousands of people without jobs were wrongfully accused of fraud by an automated computer system. It was at least the fifth time since 2011 that the state has released an audit critical of the agency.
While citing improvements, the audit said the agency had not fully complied with calls to more aggressively target delinquent employers by going to court and pursuing other actions. Auditor General Doug Ringler also found other issues, such as the agency filing liens against employers in counties where they did not own property.
State spokesman Dave Murray said the agency “has taken significant steps to reform processes and policies to address findings, and will continue to build on this work moving forward. The auditor’s report notes these improvements, and we know there is more to do.”
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