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Pa. store owner gets probation in state sales tax case

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 9, 2006

Lancaster, Pa. — The owner of a closed furniture store here was sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to pay nearly $129,000 in back taxes, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.

Richard Burkhart, who owned the former Burkhart's Furniture on Manheim Pike in Lancaster, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of state tax offenses in Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, the Revenue Department said.

He was ordered to pay $128,753 in restitution for sales taxes owed from March 2003 to January 2005, and $325 in fines and court costs.

Burkhart's store is closed, and he could not be reached for comment.

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