Taxes in York
Pennsylvania's real, flat 3.07% state income tax applies to York residents, layered with the City of York's own elevated municipal EIT and a real, elevated property tax burden.
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Learn morePennsylvania's flat state income tax, plus York's own elevated municipal EIT
Pennsylvania levies a flat 3.07% state income tax with no exemption threshold. The City of York levies an additional 1.25% municipal EIT (raised from 1% under real Act 47 distressed-municipality authority, earmarked for the city's distressed pension system), plus a separate York City School District EIT share this record could not confirm precisely -- confirm the current total directly via the York Adams Tax Bureau's rate-lookup tool.
A real, elevated property tax burden
York's median effective property tax rate ran approximately 3.50% -- well above both the Pennsylvania statewide median (~2.75%) and the national median (~1.02%), a real, disclosed consequence in part of York County's own old 2006 assessment base year (no countywide reassessment since).
A real, honest fiscal-distress disclosure
The City of York's Act 47 history and its resulting EIT increase are real, disclosed facts this record states plainly rather than omitting.
Key takeaways
- City of York's own municipal EIT runs 1.25%, layered atop Pennsylvania's flat 3.07% state rate -- confirm the total combined rate including the school district's share directly.
- York's effective property tax rate (~3.50%) runs well above both state and national medians.
- York County's assessed values have not been updated since a 2006 reassessment -- confirm a specific property's current assessed value directly.
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