Newport Beach's Tax Delinquencies

Well...in an effort to embarrass taxpayers into paying their past due taxes, the State of California's Franchise Tax Board releases it's list of 250 worst offenders.

Click here for the searchable database...

But for you interested in seeing who's on the hook in Newport Beach, here you go...

• The Sonos Group, Newport Beach, $1.5 million, October 2010
• John P. Honiotes, Newport Beach, $861,000, August 2008
• Supriti Soni, Corona Del Mar, $499,000, March 2009
• Nobuhito Suzuki, $313,828 Newport Beach, September 2008

The honor of Orange County's top debtor to the State of California Steven Bren of Laguna Beach, son of Newport Beach based Irvine Co. Chairman Don Bren.

But knowing firsthand how the Franchise Tax Board handles these types of matters, I'm sure all of these have already been resolved.