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Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS) |
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Federal Personnel and Payroll System User Group Representatives |
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Christine Zertuche-Rocha, Chief
Payroll Operations Division
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Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period (PP) 2022-19: Localities in Pennsylvania |
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Please share this information with all impacted employees. The following tax changes were implemented in PP 2022-19. As a reminder, tax changes are not retroactive to employees’ withholdings.
Local Tax
- Pennsylvania Local Income Tax Withholding:
- City of Philadelphia:
- The local income tax for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is changing effective July 1, 2022.
- The resident income tax rate is changing from 3.8398% to 3.79%.
- The nonresident tax rate is changing from 3.4481% to 3.44%.
- Datamart Query: Tax State = 42 City Code = 6540
- City of Reading
- The local income tax for Reading, Pennsylvania is changing effective July 1, 2022.
- The nonresident tax rate is changing from 1.3% to 1%.
- Datamart Query: Tax State = 42 City Code = 6900
You may execute Datamart queries to identify employees in affected state taxing areas. For Combined File Ad-Hoc query/analysis of applicable States: add STE Tax State 1 = (State Code above) or STE Tax State 2 = (State Code above) to the filter or prompt lines. See above for the applicable Local Tax State and/or Local Tax City Codes to add to the prompt lines (Occurrences – Other PE Pay).
The Interior Business Center (IBC) Payroll website is updated frequently; you may view the state tax formulas here: http://www3.ibc.doi.gov/services/hr/payroll/payrolltopics/taxFormulas.cfm.
If there are any questions, please call the IBC Customer Support Center at 720-673-9958 (interim contact number) or by email at Payroll_Helpdesk@ios.doi.gov.
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