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JPZenger

(6,819 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:01 PM Apr 2013

Whoopsie. PA. Auditor General Finds Mistakes Resulting in $35 Million in Unpaid Corporate Taxes

Our new Auditor General is definitely doing his job.

http://wesa.fm/post/state-auditor-general-finds-35-million-unpaid-corporate-taxes

"Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday that he found errors on more than 1,250 corporate tax returns, totaling a net gain of $35.4 million for the state. Some corporations overpaid by a total of $5.5 million, but many more underpaid by a total of $40.8 million.

DePasquale said the Department of Revenue must now "aggressively go after that money" to reclaim as much as possible before the state budget deadline of June 30.

"We shouldn't be looking to raise one dime of taxes or cut one program that's important to the people of this state until every single dime of what's legally owed to the state is collected," DePasquale said.

While some errors were caught by the Dept. of Revenue before the returns were submitted for a final audit, DePasquale said there were other mistakes that went unnoticed by the agency on an additional six to seven percent of the corporate tax filings."

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Whoopsie. PA. Auditor General Finds Mistakes Resulting in $35 Million in Unpaid Corporate Taxes (Original Post) JPZenger Apr 2013 OP
Good! Lugnut Apr 2013 #1
Those aren't mistakes -- they're corporate welfare. eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #2

eppur_se_muova

(36,247 posts)
2. Those aren't mistakes -- they're corporate welfare.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 05:21 PM
Apr 2013

Political apointees were expected not to look too closely.

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