LINCOLN - In April, Nebraska’s auditor sent the State Department of Revenue a letter noting how much state residents and companies owed in unpaid taxes: $269.5 million, according to the audit, including $129.27 million in delinquent individual income taxes. A data table included in the letter showed the problem was only getting worse. Nebraska’s delinquent tax balance had increased by $52.4 million since 2020 — a spike largely attributable to unpaid individual income taxes, which jumped from $87.7 million in 2020 to nearly $130 million four years later.

That’s why it surprised and perplexed some union and state officials, as well as former Department of Revenue employees, when the state — seeking to slash $500 million from its budget at the direction of Republican Gov. Jim Pillen — laid off 11 revenue agents and two supervisors last week who were specifically responsible for collecting unpaid income taxes from Nebraskans.

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