83-Year-Old PA Woman Who Bought Cigarettes Online Hit With Liens for Unpaid Taxes

(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - A smoker since her teenage years, Gladys Kramer jumped at the chance to buy cigarettes for $14.95 a carton, ordering 133 cartons between May 2006 and December 2008. A carton in Pennsylvania today sells for about $53. Kramer was shocked last month to receive a notice from the Butler County Prothonotary's Office saying the state entered a lien against her home of 20 years, to recover $4,583 in unpaid state cigarette taxes, fees and interest.