The General Assembly is debating what to do with the School Property Tax, and it sounds like a chineese menu: One from column a and two from column b and unfortunately the taxpayer is stuck in the middle of all this confusion.
At last count there were approximately six pieces of legislation floating around the State House of Representatives in Harrisburg. One bill proposes a complete elimination of the school property tax and an expansion of the state sales tax. Another bill would allow school districts to asses a personal income and/or earned income tax. While others are designed to drastically reduce the property tax. Has anyone within the hallowed halls of our State Capital thought to ask the PEOPLE what they wanted, since it is the individual property owner who is ultimately going to foot the bill for their decision in one form or another?
I for one, will never support any proposal that allows any school board the authority to assess any kind of personal income or earned income tax.
The only logical choice, in my never to be humble opinion is House Bill 43, Printer's Number 65, which would eliminate "the authority of school districts to levy, asses and collect real property tax." The bill would also reduce the current state sales tax from 6% to 5% and extend it to items such as food, clothing and other services that are now tax exempt.
The school property tax has been an albatroos around the neck of the Pennsylvania home owner for years and it is time for it to be laid to rest.
I encourage everyone to contact their State Representative and Senator as soon as possible and urge him/her to support House Bill 43, Printer's Number 65. This is the only piece of legislation that makes sense, and the one that will bring about fair and equitable tax reform to the citizens and home owners of Pennsylvania.
At last count there were approximately six pieces of legislation floating around the State House of Representatives in Harrisburg. One bill proposes a complete elimination of the school property tax and an expansion of the state sales tax. Another bill would allow school districts to asses a personal income and/or earned income tax. While others are designed to drastically reduce the property tax. Has anyone within the hallowed halls of our State Capital thought to ask the PEOPLE what they wanted, since it is the individual property owner who is ultimately going to foot the bill for their decision in one form or another?
I for one, will never support any proposal that allows any school board the authority to assess any kind of personal income or earned income tax.
The only logical choice, in my never to be humble opinion is House Bill 43, Printer's Number 65, which would eliminate "the authority of school districts to levy, asses and collect real property tax." The bill would also reduce the current state sales tax from 6% to 5% and extend it to items such as food, clothing and other services that are now tax exempt.
The school property tax has been an albatroos around the neck of the Pennsylvania home owner for years and it is time for it to be laid to rest.
I encourage everyone to contact their State Representative and Senator as soon as possible and urge him/her to support House Bill 43, Printer's Number 65. This is the only piece of legislation that makes sense, and the one that will bring about fair and equitable tax reform to the citizens and home owners of Pennsylvania.
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