Earned Income Tax Collection Reform

Senate Bill 1063—PICPA-supported legislation streamlining the earned income tax (EIT) collection system—was signed into law by Gov. Edward G. Rendell on July 2, 2008. Now Act 32 of 2008, the law establishes various reforms in relation to the collection of EIT that consolidates, modernizes, and introduces uniformity to the collection process.

•  Chart of Tax Collection Districts & Appointed Tax Officers
•  Listen: Jim Newhard Podcast on Act 32
•  PICPA brochure: Act 32: A Guide for Employers 
• Tax Collection Committee (TCC) Volunteer Sample Letter
• Act 32 FAQs prepared by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) 
• DCED's Act 32 Timeline
• Summary of SB 1063 prepared by the Senate Finance Committee 
• EIT Fact Sheet issued by the DCED 
• DCED Report on the Earned Income Tax Collection System 
• Recent News on Act 32
  • March 2, 2010, House Finance Committee Progress Report
  • Boroughs Fail to Take Control of Tax Panel from City 
    Source: Scranton Times-Tribune

Cheri Freeh, CPA, (center-right, behind Gov. Rendell) chair of PICPA's Local Tax Reform Subcommittee, attended the July 2, 2008, bill signing ceremony for Senate Bill 1063, which reforms earned income tax collection in Pennsylvania.