PRINTER'S NO. 3672
No. 529 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, ADOLPH, BARD, BIRMELIN, CAPPELLI, CLARK,
CLYMER, M. COHEN, CORNELL, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, DALLY,
DiGIROLAMO, FEESE, FICHTER, FLICK, GANNON, GEORGE, GRUCELA,
HARHAI, HARHART, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HORSEY, KENNEY, MAJOR,
McCALL, McILHINNEY, NICKOL, PIPPY, ROHRER, ROONEY, RUBLEY,
SAMUELSON, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SEMMEL, STEIL, TIGUE,
WASHINGTON, WATSON AND M. WRIGHT, APRIL 15, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
APRIL 15, 2002
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Governor of New Jersey, James E. McGreevey, to
2 maintain the Pennsylvania-New Jersey Reciprocity Agreement
3 regarding individual income taxes.
4 WHEREAS, The reciprocal agreement allows residents of either
5 Pennsylvania or New Jersey to pay personal income to the state
6 of their residence, regardless of where the income is earned;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, The elimination of the reciprocity agreement will
9 result in a significant tax increase for Pennsylvania and New
10 Jersey residents; and
11 WHEREAS, While the elimination of the agreement may provide
12 short-term relief to New Jersey's financial woes, in the long
13 term the taxpayers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania will be
14 inundated with additional tax compliance requirements by having
15 to file a Pennsylvania return along with a New Jersey return;
1 and
2 WHEREAS, The elimination of the reciprocity agreement will
3 further inhibit New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses'
4 responsibility to withhold the appropriate amount of state
5 income tax; and
6 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania-New Jersey reciprocal agreement has
7 been in place for 24 years; and
8 WHEREAS, In order to reduce the complications of filing for
9 nonresident employees, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has
10 similar agreements with the states of Ohio, Maryland, West
11 Virginia, Indiana and Virginia; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
13 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize Governor James
14 E. McGreevey to reconsider his plan to dissolve the
15 Pennsylvania-New Jersey Reciprocity Agreement regarding the
16 imposition of state individual income taxes; and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
18 Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania
19 congressional delegation.
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