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Formed | 1927 |
Jurisdiction | State government of Pennsylvania |
Headquarters | 11th Floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 40°15′43″N76°52′52″W / 40.26194°N 76.88111°W |
Agency executive |
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Website | www.revenue.pa.gov |
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (DOR) is an agency of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The department is responsible for collecting all Pennsylvania taxes, including all corporate taxes and taxes on inheritance, personal income, sales and use, realty transfer, motor fuel, and all other state taxes. [1]
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue was created in 1927 and began operating in 1929.
The DOR is composed of the following sub-units: [2]
Name | Dates served | Appointed by |
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Charles A. Johnson | 1929–1931 | John Stuchell Fisher |
Clyde L. King | 1931–1932 | Gifford Pinchot |
Leon D. Metzger | 1932–1935 | |
H. Edgar Barnes | 1935 | George Howard Earle |
Harry Ellis Kalodner | 1935–1936 | |
Jack Kelly Sr. | 1936–1937 | |
J. Griffith Boardman | 1937–1939 | |
William J. Hamilton | 1939–1941 | Arthur James |
Edward B. Logan | 1942–1943 | |
David W. Harris | 1943–1948 | Edward Martin |
Otto F. Messner | 1949–1955 | James H. Duff |
Gerald A. Gleeson | 1955–1958 | George M. Leader |
Vincent G. Panati | 1958 | |
Charles M. Dougherty | 1959–1963 | David L. Lawrence |
Theodore B. Smith | 1963–1967 | William Scranton |
Warner M. Depuy | 1967–1971 | Raymond P. Shafer |
Robert P. Kane | 1971–1974 | Milton Shapp |
Vincent X. Yakowicz | 1974–1975 | |
George J. Mowod | 1975–1976 | |
Milton E. Lopus | 1976–1979 | |
Howard A. Cohen | 1979–1981 | Dick Thornburgh |
Robert K. Bloom | 1981–1983 | |
James I. Schemer | 1983–1987 | |
Barton A. Fields | 1987–1989 | Bob Casey Sr. |
David L. Donahoe | 1989–1991 | |
Eileen McNulty | 1991–1995 | |
Robert A. Judge | 1995–2000 | Tom Ridge |
Larry P. Williams | 2000–2003 | |
Gregory Fajt | 2003–2007 | Ed Rendell |
Tom Wolf | 2007–2008 | |
Stephen Stetler | 2009 | |
C. Daniel Hassell | 2010–2011 | |
Dan Meuser | 2011–2015 | Tom Corbett |
Eileen McNulty | 2015–2017 | Tom Wolf |
C. Daniel Hassell | 2017–present | |
Pat Browne | 2023–present | Josh Shapiro |
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