{"id":194,"date":"2012-06-29T21:31:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2019-01-07T17:59:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T17:59:59","slug":"state-tax-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/?page_id=194","title":{"rendered":"State Tax System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TAX &amp; LICENSE \/ STATE  TAX SYSTEM<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Toll-Free Tax Information Lines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>    Pennsylvania Fact &amp; Information Line<br \/>\n<\/strong>888-PATAXES (888-728-2937)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.revenue.pa.gov\">www.revenue.pa.gov<\/a><br \/>\nThis toll-free, touch-tone, automated service allows taxpayers to:<br \/>\n*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Check on the progress of Personal  Income Tax payment, return, and refund<br \/>\n*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Obtain information on Property Tax  and Rent Rebate claims<br \/>\n*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Order a form (either faxed or  mailed)<br \/>\n*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Obtain answers to the most commonly  asked questions for personal and business taxes<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nForms Ordering Service<br \/>\n<\/strong>800-362-2050<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nService for Hearing Impaired<br \/>\n<\/strong>800-447-3020<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>    Sales Tax<br \/>\n<\/strong>Pennsylvania imposes a 6% tax on the retail sale, consumption, and the  rental or use of specific items. Major items exempt from sales tax include  retail food purchases, most wearing apparel, drugs, textbooks, resale  merchandise, and residential heating fuels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Realty Transfer Tax<br \/>\n<\/strong>The state imposes a realty transfer tax of 1% of the actual consideration  or price of the property represented in the deed. (The local municipalities  also tax a minimum of 1%.) When the document has no consideration stated or the  transaction is not arm&#8217;s-length, the tax rate is 1% of the property&#8217;s actual  monetary worth (assessed value adjusted to market value).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inheritance Taxes<br \/>\n<\/strong>The following rates apply to inheritance transactions in the State of  Pennsylvania:<br \/>\n0% Property inherited from a spouse or  from a child 21 years of age or younger by a parent<br \/>\n4.5% Transfers to direct heirs  (grandparents, parents, children, spouses of children, or lineal descendants)<br \/>\n12%Transfers to siblings<br \/>\n15%Transfers to all other persons<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania State Income Tax<br \/>\n<\/strong>Information<strong> <\/strong>215-560-2983<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.revenue.pa.gov\">www.revenue.pa.gov<\/a><br \/>\nPennsylvania imposes a 3.07% income tax. The state does not provide for a  standard deduction or personal exemption. However, individuals can reduce their  tax liabilities through allowable deductions, credits, and exclusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAX &amp; LICENSE \/ STATE TAX SYSTEM Toll-Free Tax Information Lines Pennsylvania Fact &amp; Information Line 888-PATAXES (888-728-2937) www.revenue.pa.gov This toll-free, touch-tone, automated service allows taxpayers to: *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Check on the progress of Personal Income Tax payment, return, and refund *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Obtain information on Property Tax and Rent Rebate claims *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Order a form (either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Pittsburgh3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}