Tax Season

[count2infinity]

We owed a couple thousand, but oddly are getting over a grand back from local taxes. We didn’t change anything from last year. Just bizarre.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

You should never get a refund for local taxes

[dodint]

Yeah, that's weird. We owed $74 in local taxes because of my wife's 1099-NECs. Given it's just a 1% of wages I wonder how you got a refund, there is no place to put in deductions that I could see.

[mac5155]

Local or State?

We got a nice state refund this year due to the dependent care credit? I think

[Beveridge]

Local refund would be if you had PA UE credit - union dues, educator expense, etc.

[DigitalGypsy66]

I can't imagine the shitstorm that would happen here if we had to pay local taxes.

Hey, stuff might actually work if they had such taxes. Likely not.

Our state comptroller and treasurer are fighting over who's to blame for $1.8 billion sitting in a pass-through account. No one knows where it came from or where it's supposed to be. That's fun.

[robbiestoupe]

Owed $2 in local taxes but got $380 back from state due to 529 deductions

[mamaemeritus]

Local refund would be if you had PA UE credit - union dues, educator expense, etc.

Or, you're getting City of Pittsburgh (3%) withheld, vs. most localities (~1%).

[obhave]

I can't imagine the shitstorm that would happen here if we had to pay local taxes.

Hey, stuff might actually work if they had such taxes. Likely not.

Our state comptroller and treasurer are fighting over who's to blame for $1.8 billion sitting in a pass-through account. No one knows where it came from or where it's supposed to be. That's fun.

I was surprised when I moved to MA hat there were no local taxes here. The state tax is on the higher end (6.25%) but without local taxes we end up pretty middle of the road for overall local/state tax burden.