Pennsylvania Department of Revenue explained

Agency Name:	Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Formed:	1927
Jurisdiction:	State government of Pennsylvania
Headquarters:	11th Floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40.2619°N -76.8811°W
Chief1 Name:	Pat Browne
Chief1 Position:	Secretary of Revenue
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]

History

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue was created in 1927 and began operating in 1929.

Organizational structure

The DOR is composed of the following sub-units:^[2]

• Deputy Secretary of Revenue
  • Deputy Secretary for Taxation
    • Taxpayer Service and Information Center
    • Bureau of Corporation Taxes
    • Bureau of Individual Taxes
    • Bureau of Business Trust Fund Taxes
    • Bureau of Motor Fuel Taxes
    • Business Operations Office
  • Deputy Secretary for Tax Policy
    • Board of Appeals
    • Bureau of Audits
    • Bureau of Research
  • Deputy Secretary for Administration
    • Bureau of Administrative Services
    • Equal Opportunity Office
    • Bureau of Human Resources
    • Bureau of Fiscal Management
    • Bureau of Imaging and Document Management
  • Deputy Secretary for Compliance and Collections
    • Bureau of Collections and Taxpayer Services
    • Bureau of Compliance
    • Office of Criminal Tax Investigations
    • Pass Through Business Office
    • Bureau of Enforcement Planning, Analysis, and Discovery
  • Deputy Secretary for Information Technology
    • Office of e-Commerce
    • Bureau of Information Systems
• Office of Chief Counsel
• Press Office
• Pennsylvania Lottery
• Office of Legislative Affairs
• Policy Office and the Office of Taxpayers' Rights Advocate

List of secretaries

Name	Dates served	Appointed by
Charles A. Johnson	1929–1931
Clyde L. King	1931–1932
Leon D. Metzger	1932–1935
H. Edgar Barnes	1935
Harry Ellis Kalodner	1935–1936
Jack Kelly Sr.	1936–1937
J. Griffith Boardman	1937–1939
William J. Hamilton	1939–1941
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

See also

• List of Pennsylvania state agencies

References

• Book: Cabinet-level agencies . The Pennsylvania Manual . . 2007 . . 118 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001053920/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/volume_118/1581 . 2011-10-01 .

External links

• Pennsylvania Department of Revenue

Notes and References

1. Pennsylvania Manual, p. 4-83.
2. Pennsylvania Manual, pp. 4-83  - 4-84.