Right now the city of Philadelphia has about $1 billion in back taxes and tax amnesty programs in general have helped many state and city governments recoup taxes they may have never received. In December of last year, Keith Richardson, the Philadelphia Revenue Commissioner stated the city would most likely give delinquent taxpayers 45 days to pay their taxes without penalties and only half the interest that has accrued. What happened is that Philadelphia decided to give a longer tax amnesty than 45 days. The program started on May 3rd and ends June 25th, 2010.

Whether you have City, State, or Federal tax debt or unfiled taxes, it is in your best interest during these economic times to come into compliance with tax authorities as interest and penalties will only increase your balance and make things worse.  To find more information about this tax amnesty, visit www.phillytaxamnesty.com today.

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The IRS released some data on the matter and about 276,000 “federal employees and retirees owe $3,042,200,000.” In looking though the data,  the Federal Mediation and Conciliation and the Treasury department had a low percentage of delinquent taxpayers whereas the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and US Office of Special Counsel ranked among the worse departments to pay taxes owed with 50+ employees. The IRS is within the dept of Treasury and has the lowest tax delinquency rate as IRS employees can get fired for not paying taxes. In terms of the total taxpayers who were delinquent, the US Postal service and active military members (understandable especially if you are fighting in Afghanistan or IRAQ) ranked among the worst.

Here are few interesting agencies and their respective delinquent taxpayer count with total balance:

• US Senate has 231 Delinquent Taxpayers who owe roughly $2.5 million
• US House of Representatives has about 447 employees who owe a combined $5.8 million

As the IRS expands operations, begins to target foreign account  holders, businesses and high wealth individuals, it should probably get Federal employees into compliance first as $3 Billion can go a long way during these tough economic times when government revenues are plunging.

You can obtain the full report at Scribd.com.

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