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Pennsylvania Hopes to Shame Taxpayers Into Payment

17 August 2010

Despite the fact that Pennsylvania’s tax amnesty campaign was routinely cited as “mean” and “inappropriate”, the Department of Revenue (“DOR”) felt that it worked. The DOR collected $261 million, about 40% than they had hoped for, which, while impressive, is statistically not as successful as a state like New Jersey which collected more than 3 [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Liens and Indictments

5 January 2010

Taxpayer asks: First, what is the next step after a Lien has been placed on someone and second is there somewhere that you can see if someone is being indicted? Thank you in advance.. Taxgirl says: Your question is really two separate questions, so I’ll answer them separately. With respect to a tax lien, I’m [...]

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Girls Gone Wild Founder To File Bankruptcy, Blames IRS

18 November 2009

And here I thought my days of reporting on Joe Francis were over… It turns out that the Girls Gone Wild founder hasn’t quite put his tax woes behind him. After taking a deal to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of filing false tax returns – and escaping additional jail time in the process [...]

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Mayweather Gets a KO by IRS

22 September 2009

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn’t quite walk away from his bout with Juan Manuel Marquez with all that he had hoped for… That $10 million prize money was chopped in half after he agreed to pay $5.6 million in back taxes to the IRS. The agreement put the breaks on a potential levy on Mayweather’s [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Responsible for the debts of others?

6 July 2009

Taxpayer asks: I own a house where I live with my boyfriend. I pay almost of the bills because he does not currently have a job. I’m working full time as a paralegal and I hope to go to law school some day. I really enjoy your blog. Here’s my question. Because he’s not working, [...]

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