Taxes in Hershey
Hershey's real local tax exposure runs through Derry Township's own 1% Earned Income Tax, layered on Pennsylvania's flat 3.07% state rate, with a real, split property-tax collection arrangement.
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Learn moreDerry Township's real 1% EIT
Derry Township's own municipal code imposes a 1% Earned Income Tax for general revenue purposes -- this record did not independently isolate whether Derry Township School District levies its own separate share within or beyond that figure.
A real, split tax-collection arrangement
Keystone Collections Group collects occupation tax and Local Services Tax; the Dauphin County Treasurer's Office collects real estate tax for the township and school district separately.
A comparatively moderate county property tax rate
Dauphin County's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 1.35% per one aggregator.
Key takeaways
- Derry Township's own 1% EIT plus PA's 3.07% state tax yields an approximate 4.07% combined marginal rate.
- Tax collection genuinely splits between Keystone Collections Group and the Dauphin County Treasurer's Office.
- Dauphin County's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 1.35%.
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