Minneapolis Public Schools assessed $5.3 million in tax penalties in past four years

By: Melissa Whitler

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: April 17, 2026

Words: 1,009

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Minneapolis Public Schools has incurred over $5.3 million in tax penalties from the IRS since 2022. The penalties were assessed for a range of issues, including $2.9 million for errors calculating and reporting employment taxes and another $2.3 million for late filing of Forms W-2 and Forms 1095-C.

That’s enough to pay about 40 teachers, given current district labor costs.

The IRS penalties were assessed starting in June 2023 and continued into the current …

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