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Pennsylvania Plans Tax Amnesty Program

9 March 2010

Hot on the heels of the success of New Jersey’s tax amnesty program, Pennsylvania has decided to give it a whirl.
The amnesty program will kick off April 26 and run 54 days, ending on June 10, 2010. During that time, taxpayers have the opportunity to come clean and pay up. In return, all penalties [...]

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States Find It May Not (*gasp*) Be Necessary to Raise Taxes

17 July 2009

With budget deadlines looming, many states felt that there were no alternatives to balancing the budget other than raising taxes or adding new ones. More than half of all states were considering significant tax changes to fill gaping holes… What a difference a few weeks and some angry taxpayers make.
New Jersey recently “found” [...]

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Lights, Cameras, Tax Burden Shifting

25 June 2009

The highest grossing movie of all time is Titanic, which has amassed nearly $2 billion in revenue in just 12 years. The five Harry Potter films, all released within the last 10 years, have grossed nearly $5 billion in revenue. It’s clear that even in an age where there are other [...]

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PA Tax Hike Higher Than Expected

17 June 2009

Initially, reports out of my home state of Pennsylvania were that Governor Rendell planned to raise income taxes by about 10% to 3.37%. This week, Governor Rendell outlined his plan to raise income taxes by 16% to 3.57%.
Under Rendell, the tax rate has increased once before, in 2004, an increase that was made [...]

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Does Pennsylvania Care More About Football or Taxes?

8 June 2009

When it comes to football, Pennsylvanians are pretty hard core. From the Steelers to the Eagles, NFL football makes headline after headline in the fall. Also in the state, we have a little college football team called Penn State that seems to do pretty well from time to time. I think it’s [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Tax Breaks for Investments

5 June 2009

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! Yesterday, I blogged about NC’s efforts to woo Apple and Google to the Tarheel state by passing corporate tax breaks directed at each of them. This is nothing new. In my own state of Pennsylvania, a new film tax credit is being touted in an effort [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Common Law Marriage Accepted by IRS?

20 November 2008

Taxpayer asks:
Hello Taxgirl,
My girlfriend and I were common law married in 2005. We filed our own taxes for 2006. In 2007, we went to a tax accountant. He says we cannot file as married on our tax return. I say we can since we’re common law married. Who’s right? [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Sales tax

16 November 2008

Taxpayer asks:
Hello Taxgirl,
I appreciate you taking my question.
Is there any ruling, statute, or law of any kind in the state of Pennsylvania that states that retailers must charge tax (apply rate) on total purchases versus applying the tax rate line item by line item?
Example:

Total purchases: $40.45 Rate: 0.0675% [...]

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Use Tax on iTunes? It Doesn’t Make Sense.

14 July 2008

Another Tax Geek asked me whether I pay Use Tax on my iTunes purchases (you can answer him, too, by voting in our poll in the sidebar). I do not. I started to reply in the comments and felt that my comment was a bit wordy (as I tend to be) and I [...]

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Have Federal Tax Charges Made Fumo An Angry Man?

30 April 2008

Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent J. Fumo is facing charges on 139 indictments including 2 counts each of filing false tax returns and aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns. Gilbert Coleman, Jr., senior pastor of Freedom Christian Bible Fellowship in Philadelphia, believes that those charges have made Fumo an angry man.
Gilbert [...]

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