Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 11:08AM |  -2°
MENU
Advertisement

Tax bill math error to cost county $50,000

Tax bill math error to cost county $50,000

It will cost Allegheny County $50,000 to reprint 350,000 tax bills after missing a math error.

All in all, it costs as much as $200,000 to print and mail county tax bills.

After the bills were printed, county lawyers realized they forgot to adjust to the $15,000 homestead exemption, which the law says must be raised in reassessment years. In order to give qualifying residents the same $85 tax discount as before, the exemption would need to be $18,000, solicitor Andrew Szefi said.

Advertisement

County council agreed, raising the exemption Tuesday night.

Actually, they're still a bit off: Administrators rounded the exemption down to $18,000 to make calculations easier, Szefi said. Conveniently, this will net county government an extra $60,000 or so in revenue -- which will go towards reprinting the bills.

First Published: February 9, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

Advertisement
RELATED
SHOW COMMENTS (0)  
Join the Conversation
Commenting policy | How to Report Abuse
If you would like your comment to be considered for a published letter to the editor, please send it to letters@post-gazette.com. Letters must be under 250 words and may be edited for length and clarity.
Partners
Advertisement
Will Scharf assists as President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
1
news
Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields (2) slides after making a first down and is hit by Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith (0) and safety Ar'Darius Washington (29) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Pittsburgh.
2
sports
Gerry Dulac: Steelers might not have to run far to find next year's QB
3
sports
Hempfield basketball coach BIll Swan resigns
FILE - Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors say a network of supporters has helped fugitives from Florida avoid capture to face charges stemming from the riot. Prosecutors argued Thursday, March 14, 2024, that a Jan. 6 defendant, Thomas Osborne, is a flight risk because he is close to the family of a brother and sister from Lakeland, Fla. who remained on the run for months after they were charged with storming the Capitol. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
4
news
'Are we really a country of law and order?': Pardon of Western Pa. Jan. 6 rioters draws divided reactions
FILE - Soldiers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rally to welcome the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)
5
news
North Korean troops in Ukraine gain battlefield experience, cementing alliance with Russia
Advertisement
LATEST local
Advertisement
TOP
Email a Story