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In January, the PA Department of Revenue advised the tax community that it had - in November - joined the Multistate Tax Commission's corporate tax audit program, in order to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of PA audits.
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Also in January, the PA DOR announced a new sales and use tax "desk audit" program which will be conducted within the Pass-Through Business Office. The exact scope of the program is not clear, but one focus will be online purchases.
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PA interest rates for 2015 on assessments are 3%; refunds of personal income tax bear interest at 3% while other types of tax refunds bear interest at 1%. 44 Pa.B. 8063.
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PA Fuel Tax rates for 2015: 5.9 cents per gallon for aviation gasoline; 2.0 cents per gallon for jet fuel; 50.5 cents per gallon Oil Company Franchise Tax on gasoline and gasohol; 64.2 cents per gallon OCFT on undyed diesel and kerosene. PA Motor Fuel Tax Bulletin No. 2015-1.
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Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tax rate for 2015 has been reduced to 33.5 cents per gallon equivalent, reversing an administrative determination made last year to increase the tax by applying the higher diesel rate in the calculation. Governor's Office Press Release, 3/5/2015.
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Eileen McNulty has been appointed by Governor Wolf as the new PA Secretary of Revenue. She previously served as Secretary of Revenue in the Casey administration and has held several other government positions.
