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Article: Online Tax Delinquents List Helps PA Collect $25 Million in Unpaid Taxes
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 9, 2007
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To: BUSINESS EDITORS
Contact: Stephanie Weyant of the Pennsylvania Department of
Revenue, +1-717-787-6960
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In its first
year, the Department of Revenue collected more than $25 million in
overdue sales and employer withholding taxes after posting the names
of tax delinquents on its Web site. Seventy-eight new names have been
added to the list this month.
"The tax delinquent Web site has proven to be an effective tool to
collect unpaid taxes from businesses that previously ignored Revenue
Department efforts," said state Department of Revenue Secretary
Thomas W. Wolf. "Businesses collect sales and employer withholding
taxes from their customers ...