mcflyguy24

So since I moved this year near the beginning of the year, my local tax is now 2.1% (a goddamn outrage!!) and even though I provided an address change and even updated my township on my companies intranet site, where they allow you to edit you W-4 info from, they still got it wrong!! I owe 1.1%. That's not the big thing though...

Does this mean they already paid the wrong township my local taxes? Do I have to get in contact with my previous tonwship and get them to give me a refund so I can apply it to my current townships taxes? I have no idea how this works. Payroll dept is closed until monday, so I can't talk to them until then. Of course it's my fault for not paying attention, but really I had no idea that this township had such a ridiculous local tax, it's not even that big of a town...

stogie1020

Wait, you have to pay your TOWN a local tax? Based on what? Income? Property?

amisconception

Come to Cali, then you can bitch about taxes

Bearcat94

It's not that odd, I pay a City Income tax of 1% (plus State, plus Federal).

mcflyguy24

Yeah, it's a flat rate for all residents within the township lines based on income. I don't know if it's just a PA thing or a Philly metro area thing around here. I always thought every area had this. This however is the highest local tax I've ever had to pay anywhere. Most areas around here it's like .5% to 1.0%. I think it's because this area is kinda shitty and has a large scale revitalization program along with a large police force. I really have no idea why exactly though. Philly is close to 5% tax though and if you don't live there you still have to pay a tax to work there.

mcflyguy24

I read about that, that's terrible, but the citizens voted all those taxes in.

Anachostic

It's been a few years since I lived in PA, but I remember one year living a few months in Berks county and some in Lancaster county. I had to file two county tax forms.

Ah, Florida. No local, county, or state tax to worry about. Now if we could pass the FairTax and not have to worry about federal, things would be just awesome.

mcflyguy24

They don't have state tax in florida?! How's that possible? I lived in Lancaster Country once...lancaster "city" and Lititz, Pa.

Anachostic

It's all sales tax. And the tourists pay a good part too. So... anyway... we have a pretty good budget shortage this year, so if you'd like to get out of the cold, Florida is a pretty nice place to be right now.

doopstr

If stuff doesn't get better soon I bet a lot of places are going to implement local income tax.

For instance NJs new budget shows a lot of projects coming from "sources other than state". That means local. So either property taxes are going up or something else will happen.

Anachostic

That would suck because a good sized portion of the tax would go to the infrastructure of having the tax. The forms, tracking software, postage, additional employees, probably more office space, would all need to be paid for somehow.

pmptx

TX also does not have a state income tax. Our property taxes and sales tax make up the difference.

sr4dt

In PA, employer deduct local Earned Income tax based on tax rate at the township of employment. However the Earner Income tax is due based on your resident city and the when you file with your township (where your primary residence is) then you will either get a refund or pay additional tax or be even.

gatrhumpy

iTrader: (1)

That's why a majority of military folks claim their home state as Florida or Texas.