| The following are the taxes charged b the PA State | | | | the court. To know more about this you must visit the |
| Taxes department- | | | | Pennsylvania Department of Education website. |
| 1. Personal Income Tax | | | | Qualified seniors and disabled persons are eligible for |
| Pennsylvania is the only state in the United States of | | | | the State Property Rent/Tax rebate program. The PA |
| America to have a flat rate of tax of about 3.07% on | | | | department of Revenue administers this while it is |
| individual income without any personal exemptions. | | | | helped by Pennsylvania Lottery. Taxpayers are |
| Taxes are collected for municipal, county and school | | | | allowed to reimburse amounts up to a $650 a year. |
| district. In spite of all this, the people of Pennsylvania, | | | | This is for the money they had earlier paid for rent or |
| who thrive on a very modest income, qualify for the | | | | property taxes the previous year. The employers are |
| Tax Forgiveness Credit. April 15 or the next weekend | | | | expected to withhold this amount of money from the |
| is the last date for all the returns in the PA state. | | | | employees which they get from their municipal |
| 2. Sales Tax | | | | services and emergency imposed by the school |
| Sales taxes, too, are as high as 6% in Pennsylvania on | | | | districts and municipalities. |
| taxable services and goods. One percent of sales tax | | | | 4. Estate Taxes and inheritance |
| is collected for taxable services and goods from the | | | | Inheritance taxes are collected by the state of |
| states of Allegheny and Philadelphia. Items like | | | | Pennsylvania. These taxes have an estate taxes |
| apparels, textbooks, drugs, raw food, residential heating | | | | based on decedent’s gross estate and confined to |
| fuels and sales for resale are the major ones | | | | the credit of the state death taxes which is allowed on |
| exempted from sales taxes. | | | | federal tax return. However, the Keystone state’s |
| 3. Personal and Real Property Taxes | | | | estate taxes are not imposed on this since federal |
| Usually, the state of Pennsylvania does not impose | | | | credit for all these state estate taxes have been |
| taxes on personal properties or real estates. These | | | | phased out completely. |
| kinds of taxes are meant for counties, school districts | | | | 5. Few more Facts on PA State Taxes |
| and municipalities normally. These districts impose | | | | The facility of checking the status of all the refunds oh |
| taxes on personal property and real estate so it is | | | | the PA state taxes in the website is provided to all the |
| better to know what school district or county you live | | | | taxpayers. The department of Pennsylvania has a list |
| in. | | | | of employers with stagnating tax accounts to collect |
| Municipalities are allowed to impose taxes on the real | | | | heir respective state taxes which are yet to be paid. |
| estates which do not cross 30 mills on the stipulated | | | | Anything earned outside the state of Pennsylvania is |
| value of property and without the special allowance of | | | | not taxable with respect to active full time military pay. |