PRINTER'S NO. 1576
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
291
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PEIFER, MAHER, MILLARD, DUNBAR, WARD, HEFFLEY,
STAATS, DOWLING AND PICKETT, APRIL 26, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, APRIL 26, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Department of Community and Economic Development,
in consultation with the Department of Revenue and the
Independent Fiscal Office, 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
was charged with developing uniform forms, notices, reports,
returns, schedules and codes for school districts,
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