A05772
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
291
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PEIFER, MAHER, MILLARD, DUNBAR, WARD, HEFFLEY,
STAATS, DOWLING, PICKETT AND WATSON, APRIL 26, 2017
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 6, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Department of Community and Economic Development,
in consultation with the Department of Revenue REVENUE, IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT and the Independent Fiscal Office with input from
counties, municipalities and school districts in this
Commonwealth, to commence a study to investigate the
feasibility and potential cost savings associated with the
replacement of local earned income tax collection methods by
local taxing committees with a Statewide collection method
domiciled in the Department of Revenue.
WHEREAS, Act 32 of 2008 was signed into law on July 2, 2008,
to restructure the collection of local earned income taxes in
this Commonwealth by reducing the number of local earned income
tax collection districts from approximately 560 to 69; and
WHEREAS, The act, which took effect on a Statewide basis on
January 1, 2012, resulted in the establishment of a single tax
collection district in each county, with the exception of
Allegheny County, which established four tax collection
districts, and Philadelphia County, which was exempt from the
requirements of the act; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Community and Economic Development
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