Pennsylvania has a flat 3.07 percent individual income tax rate. There are also jurisdictions that collect local income taxes. Pennsylvania has an 7.99 percent corporate income tax rate. Pennsylvania has a 6.00 percent state sales tax rate and an average combined state and local sales tax rate of 6.34 percent.
Employee contributions (UC withholding) is 0.07 percent (70 cents per $1,000 gross wages). This applies to all employees, including employees of reimbursable employers, and is not subject to appeal. There is no cap on the gross wages upon which employee withholding is calculated.
For each payroll period, an employer must calculate the tax to be withheld from an employee's compensation by multiplying such compensation subject to withholding by the current per- centage rate, 3.07%, which can be found by visiting the department's Online Customer Service Center at .revenue.pa.
Pennsylvania law requires withholding at a rate of 3.07 percent on non-wage Pennsylvania source income payments made to nonresidents. Withholding of payments that are less than $5,000 during the calendar year are optional and at the discretion of the payor.
Pennsylvania law requires withholding at a rate of 3.07 percent on non-wage Pennsylvania source income payments made to nonresidents. Withholding of payments that are less than $5,000 during the calendar year are optional and at the discretion of the payor.
Generally, professional services are not taxable in Pennsylvania. However, editing services are taxable. Editing is defined by the state as “services performed upon written material, film, videos and audio tape, including altering, adapting, refining, proofreading or confirming.
Employer Quarterly Reconciliation Return of Income Tax Withheld-Replacement Coupon (PA-W3R)
Log in to the myPATH registration system. Submit a business tax registration to get a Withholding Tax account. You will receive a 11-digit Revenue ID (used across all of your tax accounts) and an eight-digit withholding tax account number.
To file online, employers can file year-end employee W-2 Wage and Tax Statements and the Annual Withholding Reconciliation Statement (REV-1667) online through the myPATH business tax filing website. To file by mail, download Form REV-1667 and include the completed form with your W-2s.