Cleveland says it will 'do better' after dozens audited for not filling out tax form they'd never heard of

CLEVELAND — If you lived or worked in Cleveland in 2021, you may receive an audit letter in the mail from the Central Collections Agency (CCA).

On Monday, I heard that residents were getting hit with an audit for 2022.

The audit letter, simply put, said the city had obtained federal income tax information from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), indicating the person might have received income that may be subject to Cleveland's income tax.

Mara Sankin received an audit letter earlier this month.

"My accountant called me and was like, 'Yeah, it looks like you didn't do your taxes correctly in 2022,'" Sankin told me.

She also didn't file the form for 2023 and 2024, so she's working on doing so now— that way, an additional audit isn't sent her way.

The city tax form is a municipal incom