TAXES 21-24, Pennsylvania (Local) Income Tax Withholding

Published: August 20, 2021
Effective: Pay Period 16, 2021

Summary

The local income tax rate for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has changed.

All other information remains the same. No action on the part of the employee or the personnel office is necessary.

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 the number of pay dates in the tax year to obtain the gross annual wages.
  3. Calculate the gross annual wages by applying 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

    N/A

    Caln Township

    42/1044

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Camp Hill (voluntary)

    42/1060

    2.0000

    1.0000

    N/A

    Carlisle

    42/1100

    1.6000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Erie

    42/2640

    1.6500

    1.6500

    DS, R

    Fairview Township

    42/2769

    1.0000

    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

    42/3470

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Harrisburg

    42/3500

    2.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Horsham Township

    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

    Monroeville

    42/5413

    1.5000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Philadelphia

    42/6540

    3.8398

    3.4481

    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 Township

    42/7894

    1.0000

    0.0000

    DS, R

    South Park Township

    42/7912

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Susquehanna Township

    42/8280

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Tinicum Township

    42/8445

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS

    Tredyffrin Township

    42/8545

    0.0000

    0.0000

    DS, R

    Warminster Township

    42/8845

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Wilkes-Barre

    42/9340

    3.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    York Township

    42/9610

    1.0000

    1.0000

    DS, R

    Note: City tax is mandatory unless otherwise indicated.

  4. Divide the annual Pennsylvania city income tax withholding calculated in step 3 by the number of pay dates in the tax year to obtain the biweekly Pennsylvania city income tax withholding.

Resources

To view the updated tax formula, go to the HR and Payroll Clients page from the MyNFC drop-down menu on the National Finance Center (NFC) Home page. Select the Publications tab and select U.S. Income Tax Formulas from the Publications menu to launch the tax map. Select the desired State from the map provided for the formula.

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