Businesses on PA's Tax Delinquent List Now Owe $6.8 Million in State Levies

36 Businesses Added to the List

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 219 businesses listed
on the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue's Internet list of tax delinquents
owe the state more than $6.8 million, Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf said
today.

"These businesses collected millions of dollars in taxes from their customers
and employees and failed to send the money to the state," Wolf said. "I
encourage taxpayers to visit the Revenue Department's Web site to see the list
of delinquent businesses."

Thirty-six new delinquent taxpayers were added to the list this month,
including: Michael R. Shannessy, Harrisburg, Dauphin County ($81,554.90);
Rosario Maiolo III, dba Fairview Garden Center, Pittsburgh ($48,140.50);
Davies Higgins Partnership, dba Powelton Pizza, Philadelphia ($41,149.92);
Mays Donut Shoppe, New Castle ($28,482.12); TEO Enterprises, State College
($14,513.49); and Keyser Van Service, Scranton ($9,235.73).

The list now includes 219 businesses that owe sales and/or employer
withholding taxes. Since the list debuted in April 2006, 316 of the 499
businesses, or 63 percent, that have appeared on the tax delinquent list have
been removed from the site because they either paid their taxes in full,
committed to deferred payment plans or went out of business.

Businesses and individuals listed on the Web site are contacted by the
department and given one final chance to make payment arrangements before
appearing on the list. The prospect of appearing on the list has helped
convince delinquent taxpayers to pay $42 million and enter into deferred
payment plans for an additional $19.9 million in previously unpaid taxes.

Other states have found that the threat of public exposure can be a successful
tax collection incentive. At least 21 other states, including Maryland, New
Jersey and Virginia, use Internet lists to help collect unpaid taxes.

Information on the Web site is public as a result of a lien filed by the
Revenue Department. The liens are recorded in the county prothonotary's
office where the person lives or does business. The amounts listed on the Web
site represent the original liens. The current amount of tax due may differ
from the amount listed on the site because of partial payments and/or the
accrual of additional interest since the tax lien was filed.

Delinquent taxpayers who appear on the list should contact the Revenue
Department at the telephone number listed on the letter they received or call
the nearest Revenue district office to make payment arrangements. The Web
site is updated monthly, and delinquent taxpayers who resolve their tax
liabilities are removed from the site each month.

The complete PA Tax Delinquent List is available on the Department of
Revenue's Web site at www.revenue.state.pa.us.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The 219 businesses on the PA Tax Delinquent List are from the
following 41 counties; nine are out of state: Allegheny (10), Beaver (1),
Berks (1), Blair (3), Bucks (16), Butler (2), Carbon (2), Centre (4), Chester
(3), Clearfield (2), Columbia (1), Cumberland (5), Dauphin (6), Delaware
(13), Erie (2), Franklin (5), Indiana (1), Jefferson (2), Juniata (2),
Lackawanna (11), Lancaster (6), Lawrence (1), Lebanon (1), Lehigh (8), Luzerne
(13), Lycoming (2), Monroe (2), Montgomery (11), Northampton (2), Perry (1),
Philadelphia (44), Potter (1), Schuylkill (2), Snyder (2), Somerset (2),
Susquehanna (2), Union (1), Venango (1), Washington (3), Westmoreland (3), and
York (10).

CONTACT: Stephanie Weyant
(717) 787-6960

SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Revenue

Stephanie Weyant of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, +1-717-787-6960