Effective January 1st, 2012 employers in the state of Pennsylvania will be required to withhold local earned income taxes from all employees based on the employee’s location of residency. Employees will be required to complete a Residency Certification Form for the employer any time they are newly hired or have a change of name and/ or address. Employers must register their business with the tax collection district, retain the Residency Certification Form for each employee, send the local tax to the tax collector’s office on a monthly or quarterly basis, and complete and submit the Annual Withholding Reconciliation Form within 30 days of the end of each calendar year.
Forms are available from Alternative HR and the list of tax collection districts are available on the web at http://www.newpa.com.