Politics & Government
Hatboro to Approve Wage Tax on Wednesday
The Hatboro Borough Council is holding a special meeting to approve the $52 per year local services tax.
Come January, working in Hatboro will cost more.
The Hatboro Borough Council is poised to adopt its Local Services Tax ordinance at a special meeting on Wednesday at 9 a.m. Following approval, the existing $10 per year Occupational Privilege Tax will be replaced with a $52 per year Local Services Tax that will be levied against the 2,150 people who work in Hatboro and earn more than $12,000 per year.
For 2013, Hatboro officials have said the higher tax would generate about $80,000 in all, or about $50,000 more than the Occupational Privilege Tax. In the coming years, the borough will net about $110,000 from the Local Services Tax because the $1 per week paycheck deductions from the last quarter of 2013 would actually be paid to Hatboro in 2014.
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In Montgomery County, 40 of 60 municipalities – including Horsham – have enacted a $52-per-year Local Services Tax. In Bucks County, 33 of 57 communities have put the $52 tax in place.
Hatboro officials intend to enact the Local Services Tax largely to stave off a real estate tax increase, officials said. With the extra tax revenue figured into the 2013 spending plan, the council said Hatboro property owners would not see a tax hike in the coming year.
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