Richard H. Maurer, Esquire To Speak at 2026 Pennsylvania Business Privilege and Mercantile Tax Collectors Association
Richard H. Maurer, Esquire will serve as a presenter at the 2026 Pennsylvania Business Privilege and Mercantile Tax Collectors Association on Friday, September 11, 2026 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The presentation, “Inevitable or Illegal? The Growing Controversy of Statutory Interest,” will cover the origins of statutory interest, the decades of caselaw affirming interest as a consequence of untimely tax payments, and the new argument that interest on local business tax lacks sufficient support in the Local Tax Enabling Act to remain legal.
Mr. Maurer represents municipalities seeking to maximize revenue from Pennsylvania Act 511 taxes. He is an attorney in the firm’s Municipal Law, Litigation and Taxation practice groups. His litigation experience has ranged from class actions to civil rights, with a wide variety of cases in between. Mr. Maurer was drawn to trial work at Georgetown Law, where he focused on evidence, procedure, and legal history. He began his career in the courtroom, serving as an Assistant Public Defender in Reading, Pennsylvania and since then he has taken about 40 cases to jury trial, with many more bench trials, civil and criminal. As a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, he returned to Georgetown Law in 2017 to teach direct and cross examination for recent graduates. Prior to joining the firm, Richard was a private practice attorney in Philadelphia and Lehigh counties for nearly three decades.
The Pennsylvania Business Privilege and Mercantile Tax Collectors Association aims to discuss mutual problems, share experiences and work toward uniform standards in the administration, enforcement, and collection of Pennsylvania Business Privilege and Mercantile Taxes. To learn more about the association, please visit: www.pabusinessprivilegetax.org.