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The Kansas Department of Revenue has filed a tax warrant of more than $137,000 against a west Wichita hotel.
The warrant says Petali, doing business as EconoLodge Inn & Suites in west Wichita, and Bhupendra Patel owe $137,224.83 in transient guest taxes for the period from October 2008 until April 2010.
Patel, who said he was part owner of the hotel at 600 S. Holland, said he was working with his bankers to get the amount paid "as soon as possible."
He said business had decreased, and when it came time to pay monthly bills, "one has to miss out. So every time, the transient tax missed out. We are OK on the bank payment and the sales tax and the other taxes."
He said part of the total was from interest and penalties.
The Department of Revenue filed a tax warrant for $1,824 in transient guest tax against the business and Patel in June.
The transient guest tax is a local tax imposed by some Kansas cities and counties and is in addition to the sales tax. Sedgwick County has a 5 percent transient guest tax; the city of Wichita has a 6 percent tax.
