The Nebraska State Auditor's Office in the State Capitol. (Paul Hammel/Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — The amount of state tax obligations Nebraska taxpayers have evaded has soared beyond $310 million, growing by 15% this past year, according to a letter released Monday by the Nebraska State Auditor.

“Worse yet, they are being allowed to get away with it,” Auditor Mike Foley said in a statement.

The “staggering” amount, according to Foley, is a cumulative result of unpaid corporate and individual income taxes, sales and use taxes, partnership income taxes and withholding taxes.

Delinquencies have increased steadily over the past decade. But for 2025 alone, the auditor reported that outstanding tax revenues grew more than $41 million, or 15% more than the previous year — ranking it among t

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