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TAXES 16-27, Pennsylvania City Income Tax Withholding

Published: July 13, 2016
Effective: Pay Period 13, 2016

Summary

Beginning with wages paid for Pay Period 13, 2016, the National Finance Center (NFC) will decrease the withholding rate from 3.9102 percent to 3.9004 percent for residents and from 3.4828 percent to 3.4741 percent for nonresidents for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tax Formula

  1. Subtract the nontaxable biweekly Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) payment from the gross biweekly wages.

    Note: The biweekly FEHB payment is taxable income for the city of Philadelphia; therefore, do not subtract the biweekly FEHB payment when computing Philadelphia city income tax.

  2. Multiply the adjusted gross biweekly wages by 26 to obtain the annual wages.
  3. Apply the gross annual wages by multiplying the following guidelines to determine the annual Pennsylvania city income tax withholdings:

    City

    State/City Codes

    Resident Percentage

    Nonresident Percentage

    City Tax Status
    (Duty Station = DS;
    Resident = R)

    Bethlehem

    42/0660

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Bradford (voluntary)

    42/0840

    1.0000

    1.0000

     

    Caln

    42/1044

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Camp Hill (voluntary)

    42/1060

    2.0000

    1.0000

     

    Carlisle

    42/1100

    1.6000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Erie

    42/2640

    1.1800

    1.1800

    DS, R

    Fairview Township

    42/2769

    1.4500

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Greene Township

    42/3343

    1.7000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Gregg Township

    42/3396

    1.8000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Hanover Township

    42/3470

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Harrisburg

    42/3500

    2.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Horsham

    42/3740

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Kelly Township

    42/4053

    2.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Lancaster

    42/4180

    1.1000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Philadelphia

    42/6540

    3.9004

    3.4741

    DS, R

    Pittsburgh

    42/6600

    3.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Plains Township

    42/6615

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Reading

    42/6900

    3.6000

    1.3000

    DS, R

    Scranton

    42/7460

    3.4000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    South Lebanon

    42/7894

    1.0000

    0.0000

    DS, R

    Tinicum

    42/8445

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS

    Warminster Township

    42/8845

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Wilkes-Barre

    42/9340

    3.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    York

    42/9610

    1.2500

    1.2500

    DS, R

    Note: City tax is mandatory unless otherwise indicated.

  4. Divide the annual Pennsylvania city income tax withholding by 26 to obtain the biweekly Pennsylvania city income tax withholding.

Additional Resources

To view the updated tax formula, go to the HR and Payroll Clients page from the MyNFC drop-down menu on the NFC homepage. Click the Publications tab in the center ribbon. Select U.S. Income Tax Formulas from the Publication menu to launch the tax map. Click the desired State from the map provided for the formula.

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