CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. GOINTERNET NET


935 A.2d 586 (2007)

The CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. GOINTERNET NET, INC. and Joseph C. Rocha and Neal D. Saferstein, Appeal of Joseph C. Rocha.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Engle, Philadelphia, for appellant, Joseph C. Rocha.

Marissa M. O'Connell, Philadelphia, for appellee, City of Philadelphia.

BEFORE: SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and KELLEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Joseph C. Rocha appeals a judgment entered against him in the amount of $707,832.05 by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court). The trial court held Rocha liable for the payment of 2003 wage taxes that his employer, GoInternet.Net, Inc., had withheld but never remitted to the City of Philadelphia. We conclude that the City ordinance that makes an employee vicariously liable for his employer's tax obligation requires...

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