Mo. agency says IRS hasn’t paid $172 hazardous waste fee from 2006, matter sent to prosecutors

Mo agency says IRS failed to pay $172 waste fee

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri agency says the IRS has failed to pay a small hazardous waste fee that’s more than three years overdue.

The fee was just $172.50.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources spokesman Larry Archer says it was for a permit that was needed to remove lead paint at a building in Kansas City, Mo., that now holds an IRS processing center. Archer said Friday that the matter has been sent to the Missouri attorney general’s office. That office did not return calls for comment.

An IRS spokesman referred questions to MC Realty Group, which did not immediately return several calls.

Archer said that even if the IRS hired somebody else to do the work, the state agency ultimately holds the IRS responsible.