Article: A variety of firms -- and plights: Almost all of those spotlighted by the state for late sales taxes had their reasons.

Byline: Mari A. Schaefer

Apr. 8--One business owner blamed poor bookkeeping. Another blamed his customers. And another blamed Mother Nature.

They are among 75 people and companies whose names appeared this week on the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Web site because of delinquent state sales-tax payments.

Seeing his business on the list was "a little embarrassing," said Walter Czajkowski, co-owner of J&W Gallery in New Hope, who hopes it will be removed from the list by today. The fine-arts gallery has paid the $37,471 it owned the state in recent days, he said.

The gallery, which has been open for about 10 years, lost business as ...

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