Because they believed that not for profit organizations did not have to pay a sales tax, the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) finds themselves in some trouble. Now they are calling on their customers to pay years worth of back taxes for products that they have purchased from the Institute..

How does it make sense to go after the customers for back taxes when they made the mistake? For a company, even a non-profit, to ask customers to pay now for something they ordered years ago is somewhat ridiculous. The right thing to do is own up to the error, and pay one lump sum from your own pockets. This will keep customer loyalty intact and save a lot of hassle.

With New Jersey CLE expected to become mandatory next year, it will be interesting to see how this issue carries out.