A Philadelphia collision repair shop operator recently was ordered to pay $285,908.71 to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue after he failed to remit sales tax that he collected at his collision repair facility, Revenue Secretary Dan Hassell announced November 21.
Edward A. Hildebrandt III, 48, the owner and operator of the defunct University Collision Center, Inc., also was ordered to serve seven years of probation when he was sentenced by Philadelphia Judge Carolyn Nichols.
“This was money collected in trust and owed to Pennsylvania,” Hassell said. “Failing to pay those taxes is a crime that hurts all Pennsylvanians.”
Hildebrandt had
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