PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1576, 2995
PRINTER'S NO. 3173
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
291
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PEIFER, MAHER, MILLARD, DUNBAR, WARD, HEFFLEY,
STAATS, DOWLING, PICKETT, WATSON AND BARBIN, APRIL 26, 2017
AS AMENDED, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 14, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Department of Revenue, in consultation with the
Department of Community and Economic Development and the
Independent Fiscal Office WITH INPUT FROM COUNTIES,
MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH, 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,
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