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PA_jen

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Tue Sep 6, 2022, 05:37 PM Sep 2022

Are you supposed to tell a city when you move out? [View all]

My husband's friend called him and while talking he told my husband that he and his wife had been placed in collections for non- payment of per captia tax for the pass 10 years. They left the town 11 years ago. The tax office is saying it is up to the person to call the town tax office and tell them they are not living in the town anymore.

I am floored at that logic. My thought is that the city can do an internet search to see the person's address is not in the city. They won't pull it from collections and the collections office won't correct the records without per catpita receipts proving they aren't living in that town. They won't accept a license or anything else as proof.

His wife lost it over the phone. she is normally not a Karen but boy was she frustrated and pissed.

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Tell them you did notify them...when you quit paying the utilities. Chainfire Sep 2022 #1
I told Jeff. Didn't he give you the message? lame54 Sep 2022 #2
Also, they can go whistle for it. dchill Sep 2022 #4
it might depend on the state or jurisdiction, but yes you are supposed to tell them bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #3
They stay in the state they are in just moved from one city to another. PA_jen Sep 2022 #7
Per Capita receipts sounds like the address used to file tax returns bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #10
Perhaps a scam? TheRealNorth Sep 2022 #5
it is a tax for living in the town and working in it. doesn't matter if you own properity. PA_jen Sep 2022 #9
If you don't own property in the town, what are they taxing? BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #12
it must be a PA thing. it is the tax for having the privilege of living in the city. PA_jen Sep 2022 #16
I'v never heard of a "privilege" tax. BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #17
Many cities charge resident and non resident income taxes. MichMan Sep 2022 #18
I have never heard of this ever. BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #19
It is quite common actually MichMan Sep 2022 #22
... Mariana Sep 2022 #23
What can they do? Put a lien on the property that isn't theirs any more? lpbk2713 Sep 2022 #6
When they charge inthewind21 Sep 2022 #8
interesting. never told my old town when I left and most people I talk to never heard that. PA_jen Sep 2022 #10
No you don't have to...you have w2s that show you live elsewhere... tell them you will sue them. Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #14
It took them 10 years to figure this out? Never heard of it. Raven123 Sep 2022 #13
yes they are paying similar taxes in the new city. they only rented in the old town so yes others PA_jen Sep 2022 #15
I asked Google "What cities charge income tax?" HeartachesNhangovers Sep 2022 #20
The problem is the city was trying to tax for years they no longer lived in that city. PA_jen Sep 2022 #24
I'd be pretty sure they don't owe taxes just because treestar Sep 2022 #21
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