New Local Income Tax Collection System Becomes Law

Gov. Ed Rendell today signed Senate Bill 1063, which will make a major consolidation of earned income tax collection in Pennsylvania. "This fixes what is now, probably, the most complex and confusing local taxing environment in the nation, with more local earned income tax collectors -- 560 -- and more local taxing jurisdictions -- nearly 2,900 -- than all other states combined,'' said Mr. Rendell.

Under the bill, 65 counties will have one earned income tax collector, while Allegheny County will have four. Philadelphia isn't covered by the new bill because it has its own system.

Link: www.postgazette.com/pg/08184/894327-100.stm