Denied: Tax forms that township says it doesn't have
Denied: Request made to
Shrewsbury Township for tax forms, based on the
township' s assertion that it does not have the
records requested.
From
the Pennsylvania Freedom of Information
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Denied: Request made to Shrewsbury Township for tax forms, based on the township' s assertion that it does not have the records requested.
A Right to Know Request was made to the township for the 2004 W-2 and 1099 tax forms for the township's codes enforcement officer. The township denied the records on the grounds that the documents for the CEO, who worked on a contracted basis, did not exist.
The township responded to the OOR's inquiry by saying that since the CEO was not a township employee, it would have no legal obligation to have a W-2, which reports an employees wages and withholding.
However, the township also attested that no 1099 form could be found for the CEO in the township's records for 2004. (Employers submit 1099 forms to the IRS to report money paid to contracted workers.)
"Whether the township has a legal obligation to possess a copy of these financial records ... is a separate legal question that is outside the purview of the OOR or this Final Determination," the Office of Open Records stated.
The OOR's investigation into the appeal did prompt the township to provide a budget document that showed the CEO was paid a total of $141,442 for services in 2004.
Kurzmiller vs Shrewsbury Township -- AP 2009-0005
Denied: Request made to Shrewsbury Township for tax forms, based on the township' s assertion that it does not have the records requested.
A Right to Know Request was made to the township for the 2004 W-2 and 1099 tax forms for the township's codes enforcement officer. The township denied the records on the grounds that the documents for the CEO, who worked on a contracted basis, did not exist.
The township responded to the OOR's inquiry by saying that since the CEO was not a township employee, it would have no legal obligation to have a W-2, which reports an employees wages and withholding.
However, the township also attested that no 1099 form could be found for the CEO in the township's records for 2004. (Employers submit 1099 forms to the IRS to report money paid to contracted workers.)
"Whether the township has a legal obligation to possess a copy of these financial records ... is a separate legal question that is outside the purview of the OOR or this Final Determination," the Office of Open Records stated.
The OOR's investigation into the appeal did prompt the township to provide a budget document that showed the CEO was paid a total of $141,442 for services in 2004.
Kurzmiller vs Shrewsbury Township -- AP 2009-0005