Mattress World To Close 7 Stores
All seven company-owned Mattress World stores will close in about a month. The remaining two franchise outlets will stay open.
Washington state performed an audit back to 2004 and found that sales tax on mattresses delivered to Washington state had not been paid. Sherrie Hiner said during that time she did not have any delivery trucks, and the mattresses were delivered by a third party.
“I didn’t deliver them to Washington, we don’t have any stores in Washington,” she said. She was told she owed because they got delivered at all.
Hiner pointed out that the customer is responsible for paying the sales tax directly to the state.
“The tax was assessed at $800,000 and after penalties, $2 million,” Hiner said, holding back tears.
Hiner has paid $280,000 of the back taxes, with $1.7 million left on the bill. Hiner said she doesn’t have the money to pay, which is why she is closing up shop.
A number of customers have complained that aren’t getting the mattresses they paid for more than three months ago. They aren’t “sleeping like a baby!”
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