About Us

Pennsylvania Tax Institutes, Inc. (PTI) was founded in 2004 in response to a growing need for quality Continuing Professional Education in the field of federal income taxation. Since inception, the company has been an affiliate of the Land Grant University Tax Education Foundation, (LGUTEF), a non-profit corporation comprised of over 26 of the nation's finest land grant universities that sponsor tax education programs for professional tax preparers. The LGUTEF plans, writes, develops and publishes the "National Income Tax Workbook", the publication used by PTI at the income tax seminars. This 600 page plus publication is provided to all registered participants of our seminars, in addition to a CD which contains this publication, as well as the publications from several prior years.

PTI's mission is to deliver first class tax education seminars at a very affordable price. All of our presenters are selected for their expertise in the field of federal income taxation, as well as their excellent presentation skills. Many have more than 20 years of experience with the Internal Revenue Service.

Officers

Mark L. Ribas
President

Mark is the President and Director of Pennsylvania Tax Institutes, Inc. Mark is an Internal Revenue Agent with the IRS with over 38 years of experience. Mark has taught the Land Grant University Tax Seminars as an instructor for Virginia Tech, West Virginia University as well as Texas A&M University. He has also served as an adjunct professor of accounting for Fairmont State University and given several presentations at functions for the Tax Executive Institute and Working Together conferences.

John A. Delligatti
Vice President

John is an officer of Pennsylvania Tax Institutes, Inc. He is also an Internal Revenue Agent with over 25 years of experience. He currently specializes in the examination of large corporate and partnership tax returns. John has served on several instructor assignments within the Internal Revenue Service and is regularly consulted on the utilization of computers to reduce burden with tax and accounting problems.

Susan D. Harper
Treasurer

Susan is also an officer of Pennsylvania Tax Institutes, Inc. With 24 years of experience as an Internal Revenue Service, Susan is currently a Fraud Technical Advisor who recently completed 6 years auditing Taxpayers involved in abusive schemes. She has also instructed the Land Grant University Tax Seminars for Virginia Tech, West Virginia University, and Texas A&M since 2000.