Minnesota Hot Dish Politics: State Gets Better At Collecting Unpaid Taxes

A word of caution to consumers who are behind on paying their state taxes – the Minnesota Department of Revenue is getting far more efficient at collecting the money it is owed.

Minnesota collected $266.4 million in tax debt this year, according to the Revenue Department. The state still has about $381 million in unpaid tax bills, but that is down roughly $80 ­million from 2012.