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festerwl t1_iumdtqu wrote

This sounds like Berkheimer here in Erie. I went through something similar when I moved townships.

In the end it was easier to stop communicating with them through the mail. I took everything they were asking for and went to the closest office. Said look this is all the paperwork, I've paid everything, and owe nothing. Person I talked to agreed and I made sure to get paperwork from them showing the account was cleared. Never heard from them again.

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heili t1_iumeuga wrote

Berkheimer, Jordan, Keystone... they're all the same. The "revamp" of the local EIT collecting seems like it was completely made for these shady companies to roll in dough.

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ButtBlock t1_iundkes wrote

Exactly. The poll tax in our county required a 3 USD fee on top of the actual 10 USD tax.

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CreeperIan02 t1_iuqa1l1 wrote

... what? Aren't those immensely illegal?

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ButtBlock t1_iuqez25 wrote

Not in PA lol. It’s not actually a poll tax, it’s just colloquially called that. It’s a flat tax that every single resident has to pay. Regardless of whether they rent or own their house or apt.

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lukewwilson t1_iur14n3 wrote

Yeah we have that in my tiny township where I live in Western PA, we call it the right to live tax.

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Bird_Brain4101112 t1_iumiwds wrote

I freaking hate Berkheimer. Every year we have a battle because they pull out some nonsense claiming I owe money from 15 years ago and no one can explain why. I’ll file then they come back and claim I never filed. Or I’ll get a final notice telling me I’m about to have wages garnished but I never got a single notice and somehow all the previous notices went to a different address but the final notice miraculously came to the right address.

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KFCConspiracy t1_iumnkz4 wrote

I had the same issue with Berkheimer. They're a bunch of crooks and I think they do it on purpose. Everyone who moves out of a county that collects with Berkheimer has that issue with them. I think they intentionally don't have a process to deal with this because rubes will pay and they get a cut.

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IWantAStorm t1_iuqolpz wrote

Berkheimer sends shit to my parents for me where I haven't lived in decades, continuing to ding my credit till I fight it again and again. It's ridiculous.

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PoeticMilk t1_iuqkd06 wrote

I had the same issue…moved from Venango County to Crawford in 2010…in 2014 I get a notice for unpaid local taxes for Oil City school district even though I no longer lived there. I call Berkheimer, they say oh our bad, just ignore it. Two years later I move to Erie and I get another notice saying I owe taxes to Waterford, even though I’ve never lived nor worked there. Not quite sure how they get such incorrect info.

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