HARRISBURG -- If offering a break on penalties and interest didn't help, maybe publishing the remaining list of 39,000 state tax scofflaws will.

State Revenue Department officials announced Monday that they would put on the Revenue website a newly expanded list that details more than 39,000 state tax liens against individuals and businesses. The scofflaws owe the state a total of $233 million.

A two-month amnesty program that ended in June brought in $261 million in unpaid taxes, which was about $70 million more than expected.

"Before tax amnesty ended in June, we promised to step up enforcement efforts against anyone who did not take advantage of that generous -- yet limited-time -- offer to settle back taxes without having to pay all the penalties and interest," Revenue Secretary C. Daniel Hassell said.

"Our exhaustive online list, naming tens of thousands of tax delinquents across the state, is the first step in fulfilling that pledge to pursue unpaid state taxes even more aggressively."

While Pennsylvania began putting scofflaws' names online in 2006, this expanded list has more than 10 times the number of delinquents who were contained in previous versions. The new list will be updated monthly rather than quarterly to add new liens and remove those who have paid.

Using the Internet to collect delinquent taxes isn't a new idea, considering about half the states -- including New York, Virginia, Delaware and Maryland -- already do it.

To see if your name is on the list, go to www.revenue.state.pa.us and look at the Hot Topics tab on the home page. To arrange a payment, call the Revenue Department at 717-783-3000.

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