Publications- Local Taxes
How is the Real Property Tax Distributed Across Land Uses?   - Extension Circular. Details breakdown of real property tax across different land uses, and thus different taxpayers. 1998. PDF Version

 
Local Taxes & Our Community, Workbook 1: Tax Fairness: What’s Fair For Our Community?   - Workbook introducing basic concepts of tax fairness, and provides a common language for understanding the reasons why some taxes seem fairer than others. PDF Version

 
Local Taxes & Our Community, Workbook 2: What’s Going On in Our Community?   - Workbook for better understanding the community, who creates demands for services, and who has the ability to pay local taxes. It also helps develop profiles of key taxpayer groups in your community. PDF Version

 
Local Taxes & Our Community, Workbook 3: How Do We Currently Use Taxes?   - Workbook for examining the current use of local taxes in your community, including which public services are provided, the role of non-tax revenue and the size of the tax base, and which local taxes currently are used in the community. PDF Version

 
Local Taxes & Our Community, Workbook 4: How Do the Taxes We Use Affect Individual Taxpayers?   - Workbook and computer spreadsheet that examines the impact of your community’s local taxes on key taxpayer groups in your community, and how this compares to the demand for services, the ability to pay, and other tax fairness principles. PDF Version

 
Local Taxes & Our Community, Workbook 5: What Should Be Our Tax Distribution?   - Workbook and computer spreadsheet to learn about the available tax alternatives, how these alternatives might affect different taxpayer groups, and to reach a community consensus on which taxes should be used. PDF Version

 
Services Needed and Provided by Townships by Boroughs   - Extension Circular Five. 1996. PDF Version

 
Services Needed and Provided by Townships of the First Class   - Reviews results of a spring 1994 survey of services available within Pennsylvania's municipalilties and townships of the first class and how they are provided. PDF Version

 
Services Needed and Provided by Townships of the Second Class   - Extension Circular Four. 1996. PDF Version

 
Understanding Act 24 of 2001: The Optional Occupation Tax Elimination Act   - Extension Circular. Introduction to Act 24 of 2001, the Optional Occupation Tax Elimination Act. 2001. PDF Version

 
Understanding School Tax Changes Under Act 50 of 1998   - Extension Circular. Introduction to the school tax reform aspects of Act 50 of 1998, including how to implement these changes in your school district, how the changes will affect school districts, and what Act 50 does not address. 1998. PDF Version

 
Understanding the Homestead and Farmstead Exclusions   - Extension Circular. Introduction to the homestead and farmstead exclusions, which were authorized for counties, municipalities, and school districts by Act 50 of 1998. PDF Version

 
Which Taxes do Pennsylvania's Local Governments Use?   - Extension Circular. Examines how the reliance on different local taxes varies across Pennsylvania. Includes tax reliance of school districts, counties, cities, boroughs, townships of the first class, and townships of the second class. 2000. PDF Version

 
   

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