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Pennsylvania Businesses: Watch Out for Department of Revenue Scams

Posted by Pennsylvania Department of Revenue on Tue, Jul 26, 2022

Scam artists are impersonating the Department of Revenue by sending Pennsylvania business owners fraudulent letters in the mail that direct them to turn over their accounting records.

The goal of this ploy is to trick unsuspecting taxpayers into providing sensitive financial information, which the criminals behind the scheme can use for a number of illicit activities that could seriously harm a business' financial standing.  

"We are urging Pennsylvania business owners to be on high alert if they receive a suspicious notice that includes the Department of Revenue name and logo,” Revenue Secretary Dan Hassell said in a recent news release.

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Deducting Home Office Expenses for Telework: The Pros & Cons in Pennsylvania

Posted by Pennsylvania Department of Revenue on Tue, Mar 16, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a great deal of changes for Pennsylvanians, with one of the biggest disruptions coming in the workplace. Namely, many taxpayers are now finding themselves working from home, setting up workstations at their kitchen tables or in their home offices.

With remote work becoming commonplace, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has received questions from taxpayers who are wondering about the deduction of home office expenses on their 2020 tax returns and wrote this article to answer taxpayers’ questions.

The guidance below pertains mostly to Pennsylvania taxes — not federal taxes. (Some federal guidance can be found here.)

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