Pennsylvania is offering a tax amnesty program. Act 84 of 2016 authorized the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue to administer a Pennsylvania Tax Amnesty Program.
The Amnesty period will run from April 21, 2017 to June 19, 2017. During the 60-day timeframe, the department will waive all penalties and half of the interest for anyone who participates in the Tax Amnesty Program.
Individuals, businesses and other entities with state tax delinquencies as of December 31, 2015, are generally eligible to participate in the Tax Amnesty Program. Individuals, businesses and other entities that participated in the 2010 Tax Amnesty Program are ineligible to participate in the 2017 Tax Amnesty Program.
>Non-filed tax returns or reports, as well as unpaid or under-reported tax liabilities are eligible delinquencies, whether known or unknown to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.
Unpaid taxes due after December 31, 2015, are not eligible for the Tax Amnesty Program. However, non-filed or under-reported taxes due after December 31, 2015 must be filed by June 19, 2017, to participate in the Tax Amnesty Program.
You may resolve your tax amnesty eligible debt by paying the tax and half of the interest. The department will rescind liens or other enforcement actions for that debt and you save half of the interest, all of the penalty, and any fees, such as lien filing fees and collection agency fees.
If you have unpaid Pennsylvania taxes, Metz Lewis can review with you the possible benefits of the Program.
