{"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":"2018-11-15T19:15:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T19:15:46","slug":"state-tax-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/?page_id=194","title":{"rendered":"State Tax System"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAX AND LICENSE \/ STATE TAX SYSTEM<\/p>\n

<\/b><\/strong>State Income Tax
\n<\/b><\/strong>Pennsylvania imposes a flat tax rate of 3.07 percent on taxable personal income in eight categories that include compensation, interest and dividends, business income, net gains or income from property, royalties, estates and trusts, and gambling gains. No standard deduction or personal exemption is allowed but tax can be reduced by deductions, credits, and exclusions.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
\n<\/b><\/strong>Harrisburg 888-PATAXES
\nIncome Tax 717-787-8201
\nTTY 800-447-3020
\nwww.revenue.pa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Taxpayers\u2019 Rights Advocate Office
\n<\/b><\/strong>Harrisburg 717-772-9347
\nwww.revenue.pa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Sales and Use Tax
\n<\/b><\/strong>Pennsylvania imposes a 6 percent state sales tax; an additional 1 percent rate can be imposed by cities or counties. For more information, contact:<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
\n<\/b><\/strong>Harrisburg 888-PATAXES
\nwww.revenue.pa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Inheritance & Estate Tax
\n<\/b><\/strong>No tax is incurred on property inherited from a spouse or from a child 21 or younger by a parent. Transfers to direct heirs are taxed at 4.5 percent, 12 percent for siblings, and 15 percent for all others. For more information or answers to specific questions, contact;<\/p>\n

Inheritance Tax Division
\n<\/b><\/strong>717-787-8327
\nwww.revenue.pa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Realty Transfer Tax
\n<\/b><\/strong>Pennsylvania residents pay a realty transfer tax of 1 percent of the actual consideration or price of the property represented in the deed.<\/p>\n


\n<\/b><\/strong>Property Taxes
\n<\/b><\/strong>Property taxes in Pennsylvania are imposed and collected locally. Consult your municipal and\/or county tax officials for specific information:<\/p>\n

Carbon County Assessor
\n<\/b><\/strong>Four Broadway
\nJim Thorpe 570-325-5254
\nwww.carboncounty.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Carbon County Treasurer
\n<\/b><\/strong>Four Broadway
\nJim Thorpe 570-325-2251
\nwww.carboncounty.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Lackawanna County Assessor
\n<\/b><\/strong>200 Adams Avenue
\nScranton 570-963-6728
\nwww.lackawannacounty.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Lackawanna County Treasurer
\n<\/b><\/strong>507 Linden Street
\nScranton 570-963-6731
\nwww.lackawannacounty.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Luzerne County Assessor
\n<\/b><\/strong>200 North River Street
\nWilkes-Barre 570-825-1869
\nwww.luzernecounty.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Luzerne County Treasurer
\n<\/b><\/strong>200 North River Street
\nWilkes-Barre 570-825-1512
\nwww.luzernecounty.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Monroe County Assessor
\n<\/b><\/strong>One Quaker Plaza
\nStroudsburg 570-517-3133
\nwww.monroecountypa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Monroe County Treasurer
\n<\/b><\/strong>One Quaker Plaza
\nStroudsburg 570-517-3180
\nwww.monroecountypa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Pike County Assessor
\n<\/b><\/strong>506 Broad Street
\nMilford 570-296-3418
\nwww.pikepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Pike County Treasurer
\n<\/b><\/strong>506 Broad Street
\nMilford 570-296-3441
\nwww.pikepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Schuylkill County Treasurer<\/b><\/strong>
\n401 N 2nd<\/sup> Street
\nPottsville 570-628-1025
\nwww.co.schuylkill.pa.us\/Offices\/Assessment\/Assessment.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

Schuylkill County Tax Assessor<\/b><\/strong>
\n401 N 2nd<\/sup> Street
\nPottsville 570-628-1025
\nwww.co.schuylkill.pa.us\/Offices\/Assessment\/Assessment.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

Wayne County Assessor
\n<\/b><\/strong>925 Court Street
\nHonesdale 570-253-5970
\nhttp:\/\/waynecountypa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Wayne County Treasurer
\n<\/b><\/strong>925 Court Street
\nHonesdale 570-253-5970
\nhttp:\/\/waynecountypa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TAX AND LICENSE \/ STATE TAX SYSTEM State Income Tax Pennsylvania imposes a flat tax rate of 3.07 percent on taxable personal income in eight categories that include compensation, interest and dividends, business income, net gains or income from property, royalties, estates and trusts, and gambling gains. No standard deduction or personal exemption is allowed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PoconoPA3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}