Lebo, kiss another million dollars goodbye UPDATED

The Bridgeville tax collection company, Central Tax Bureau of Pennsylvania is shutting down in the next six weeks. Trouble is, they owe Mt. Lebanon more than a million dollars in earned income taxes.

Mary Abbott, tax office manager for Mt. Lebanon and chair of the Southwest Allegheny County Tax Collection Committee, said Centax owed the town more than $1 million in earned income taxes.

“It is so sad on so many levels,” Abbott said. “There are so many people who are hurting.”

Greentree sued Central Tax on Wednesday. "Manager David Montz said the company owes the borough at least $30,000 in earned income taxes from 2011 and more than $150,000 in local service taxes."

What is Mt. Lebanon doing about this?

Derelict tax collector Centax to close in six weeks

Update August 23, 2012 1:08 AM From Mary Abbott:

"The Trib mis-quoted me. What I said was the the Allegheny Southwest TCD estimated that Centax owed the entire district $1,000,000. This was an estimate only and the final amount actual not be determined at this time. The amount Mt. Lebanon would be due is a very small portion of that."
Mary

The Trib reporter confirmed this in writing: I figured it out, when I sent it for editing, it was unclear what I was referring to, either the town or the district, so it’s my fault.

It’s been fixed on the Web and we’ll run a correction. Sorry about that.

And again, Mary’s absolutely right, she told me the district, not the town, that’s what I had in my notes.