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Monday, December 15, 2014

Man can't challenge $280K tax bill he probably doesn't really owe, Pa. court says

With undisguised reluctance, Commonwealth Court has issued an order requiring a Philadelphia man to pay a $280,772 tax bill that he probably doesn't really owe.

In fact, city officials acknowledged in court that the tax bill they sent Nathan Lerner was a "jeopardy assessment" based on a fabrication.

The problem is that Lerner didn't follow the right procedural course in challenging it, a Commonwealth Court panel found in a ruling issued this week. And so, the state judges determined, he's stuck with that unfounded tax tab.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If this were a real court, justice would prevail.

Anonymous said...

This is what happens when unelected bureaucrats are given power over normal peoples lives they suddenly think they are emreror and can do no wrong,sort of like obama.