Pa. rep. proposes bill to eliminate school property tax

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https://www.abc27.com/news/this-week-in-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-politics/pa-rep-proposes-bill-to-eliminate-school-property-tax/

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — New legislation proposed in Pennsylvania would eliminate school property taxes and establish “a more modem and reliable way to fund education” in the state. State Representative Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) introduced House Bill 13.

“House Bill 13 would eliminate property taxes and reduce rent. It would make it easier to buy, improve and remain in your own home, and would attract businesses and jobs to the Commonwealth, strengthening our families and our state’s economy,” Rep. Ryan said. “Schools would have reliable funding and their savings caps would be lifted, enabling them to more effectively manage their finances.

Ryan’s proposed bill, if passed, would:

replace property tax revenue with sales and income taxes
increase the Personal Income Tax by 1.85% with those funds staying local to the school district
increase the state Sales and Use Tax by 2% with those funds going to the county to allocate to the school districts within that county
impose a 2% sales tax on clothing and food, except WIC/SNAP purchases, which would remain tax exempt
increase the Personal Income Tax to 4.92% on a new category of income – retirement income
“In this legislation, I worked to resolve the issues that were raised in prior bills to eliminate property taxes. It is clear that any solution will require sacrifice on the part of all Pennsylvanians,” Rep. Ryan added.


Except for the rich, no doubt. Can't hurt their fee-fees. Rep. Ryan will pick my pockets for another thousand dollars at least if this nonsense is passed. "Republicans lowering your taxes!"

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1. Republican legislature has never solved any problem

All they do is raise taxes so they can have more limousines and more secretaries, and vote themselves raises.

25 years ago they were going to eliminate the estate tax. I'm guessing the lawyers fought that because they get a cut.

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2. As a retired Pennsylvanian, I would personally benefit from this

However I'd never vote for a program that has an endgame of destroying the public school system. Rep. Ryan needs to convince me (and all of us) that that is not his intention. Can he convince us? I doubt it.

[Lydiarose]

5. HOW would you as a retired Pennsylvanian benefit from having your retirement income taxed?

"...increase the Personal Income Tax to 4.92% on a new category of income – retirement income"

Unless you are not collecting retirement income (pensions, annuities, 401Ks, IRAs) or Social Security, you WILL be affected!

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3. ROFL at this tidbit

"His bill also would require landlords to reduce rent by the amount of property tax they save for the duration of the current lease. "



Yeah, I'm sure they'll get right on that.

[Born Free]

4. Raise taxes on older people with limited fixed income

Raise taxes on older people with limited fixed income, so they can lower taxes on the people with unlimited income and expensive houses.

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7. Some Of These Proposals Might Be Good

But there's never any type of analysis by the Legislature or the news organizations regarding what this would actually do.

I can't see how directing these raised taxes to the local level is going to help wide swaths of the state. How is this going to generate enough money in Elk or Cameron counties where there's only a few thousand people to support the school district?

If we had any analytics, I think we'd see wide swaths of the Commonwealth that can't support themselves with their own local tax base. That means state tax money being generated in the more populated areas gets directed to the more rural areas that don't have much of a tax base outside of property taxes.