Recent comments in /f/Pennsylvania

MaybeADumbass t1_j6p4pjm wrote

> Sure, but "Local Earned Income Tax" is a specific thing, and that specific thing isn't municipal/school taxes.

Except that thing is only municipal and school (in some school districts) taxes. 0.5% of the 1.5% Local Earned Income Tax in Bellevue goes to the Northgate School District, and 1.0% goes to the municipality of Bellevue.

Plenty of people call them Municipal taxes because "municipal" just means relating to a city or town or its governing body. If you've never heard them called as such, maybe it's because your parents and/or teachers don't use the term?

> If you want to have a pedantic semantic argument, go be wrong somewhere else.

Ha!

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Whatchyaduinyachooch t1_j6p3g64 wrote

My thoughts exactly. The article also stated that the parents had sort of pulled away from the community. I’m sure they had been dealing with their daughter’s hallucinations and hearing voices (I guess schizophrenia) and that wears on a caregiver- especially a parent. You keep wondering why your child can’t just be happy and unencumbered by such a severe mental illness..so you form a protective barrier around your little family…thinking you’re doing your best but ultimately it actually pulls you down with your child…and there’s no end plus u know at some point your child WON’T have you to take care of their very specific and overwhelming needs. It’s tragic. I understand it though. Such a sad sad story.

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teenylittlesupergal t1_j6p0j5k wrote

Yes, but double check that it's for the correct location where you live or work. Keystone sent me a "local earned income tax return" for a neighboring borough because my work's payroll which is based in Maryland didn't know the difference.

I called Keystone collections group (they were very helpful on the phone). I had to upload the borough maps and maps of my township and they cancelled this. So, just a word of caution to always verify what, where and when bill is from before you pay.

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MaybeADumbass t1_j6p0i9u wrote

> Sure, but "Local Earned Income Tax" is a specific thing, and that specific thing isn't municipal/school taxes.

Are you sure about that? The Earned Income Tax rate in Pittsburgh is 3%; 1% of that goes to the City, and 2% goes to the school district.

School taxes are based on property value AND earned income in the City and many other municipalities.

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