Pennsylvania State Tax Updates

July 17, 2024

Authored by: Breea Boylan, CPA and Bonnie Susmano, JD, MBA

On July 11, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro signed SB 654, doubling the Commonwealth’s NOL Limitation. This bill provides for a gradual increase in the amount of state net income that can be offset by a Net Operating Loss from 40% of net income to 80%. The increase is fully phased in for tax years beginning after January 1, 2029, and is only applicable to losses incurred in tax years beginning after December 31, 2024. Losses incurred prior to December 31, 2024, remain subject to the 40% limitation.

If you have questions about state NOL deduction limitations, please reach out to a member of the Withum SALT Team.

January 17, 2024

Authored by: Brandon Spinella and Bonnie Susmano, JD, MBA

On January 5, 2024, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue released Corporation Tax Bulletin No. 2024-01 regarding the sourcing of sales other than services and tangible personal property. The Commonwealth previously enacted legislation implementing market-based sourcing for income derived from intangible assets. Tax Bulletin defines the key concepts and terms implementing the intangible sourcing rules effective for tax years beginning after 12/31/2022. Furthermore, Tax Bulletin No. 2024-01 provides numerous examples.

For additional guidance, please refer to Tax Bulletin No. 2024-01.

If you have questions about how to source sales, please reach out to a member of the Withum SALT Team.

December 22, 2023

Authored by: Jonathan Weinberg, JD, LLM, Principal and Jessie Racioppi

On December 15, 2023, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed legislation expanding the refundable Child and Dependent Care Enhancement Tax Credit. Taxpayers can only receive the Pennsylvania credit if eligible for the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. The maximum credit will be $1,050 for one child or $2,100 for two or more children, phasing down as income increases to a minimum of $600 for one child or $1,200 for two or more children, equivalent to the federal amounts.

To qualify for the credit, a taxpayer must incur care expenses for one of the following:

If you have questions about state tax credits, please reach out to a member of the Withum SALT Team.

October 13, 2023

Authored by: Brandon Spinella and Katie Szymanski Nguyen, CPA

On October 6, 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue improved the user experience for not-for-profit entities. Not-for-profit entities may now apply for a sales tax exemption through the PA myPath online portal. Non-profit organizations no longer need to submit the paper application form REV-72, although it appears the paper form remains available for the time being. Information can be uploaded online through the myPath portal for a more efficient and quicker application and approval process.

If you have questions about obtaining sales tax exemptions for your organization, please reach out to a member of the Withum SALT Team.

March 7, 2023

Authored by: Breea Boylan, MSA, CPA and Katie Szymanski, CPA

On February 22, 2023, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that service revenue for corporate taxpayers related to tax years prior to 2014 should be sourced based on a benefit-received method. For tax years prior to 2014, the Department and Taxpayers had disputed where the location of the income producing activity occurs – with the Department generally arguing that the income producing activity occurred at the Customer’s location. In the instant case, sourcing service receipts to the customer’s location resulted in a refund to the taxpayer – which was denied by the Department. On appeal the State Supreme Court, the Court held that the taxpayer’s receipts should be sourced to its customer’s location and sustained the refund claim on behalf of the taxpayer.

If you have questions about how your business should source receipts for apportionment purposes, please reach out to a member of the Withum SALT Team.

November 28, 2022

Authored by: Katerine Velasquez

The Philadelphia Department of Revenue urged the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to deny a Philadelphia Wage Tax refund to a Philadelphia resident working in Wilmington, DE. In Zilka v. Tax Review Bd. City of Phila., the taxpayer claimed a credit for Wilmington City Tax and the excess Delaware State Tax against her Philadelphia Wage Tax pursuant to the US Supreme Court’s Holding in Comptroller of Maryland v. Wynne. The Philadelphia Department of Revenue denied this credit. Subsequently, the Commonwealth Court affirmed the Department’s decision and denied the taxpayer’s claim of impermissible double taxation.The taxpayer then appealed to the Commonwealth’s Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case.

If you have questions about your ability to claim a credit for taxes paid to other states, please contact a member of the Withum SALT Team.

October 21, 2022

Authored by: Katerine Velasquez, Jensel Feliciano, and Courtney Easterday, MSA

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has begun implementing the fifth and final modernization phase for the transition of business taxes to the new online tax filing system, myPATH. This transition will replace e-TIDES with myPATH for online filings and payments, as well as, the PA-100 online system for registering new business entities. There have been four previous rollouts for tax types including but not limited to: property tax, motor fuel tax, and medical marijuana tax. This final phase will include sales, use, and hotel occupancy tax, employer withholding tax, corporation tax, and transportation assistance fund tax, among many others. In their most recent update, the department has recommended that all business taxpayers who are subject to the tax types in the fifth rollout, wait until late November to create a myPATH profile. Current e-TIDES users will have until February 24, 2023 to file returns or submit payments for sales tax and employer withholding tax and to submit corporate tax payments.

October 14, 2022

Authored by: Brandon Vance and Bonnie Susmano, JD, MBA

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue extended the due dates for filing numerous personal and business tax returns for those impacted by Hurricane Ian. The Federal Emergency Management Agency must designate those impacted. The tax relief is for various tax return filing deadlines that begin on September 23, 2022.

The following returns have until February 15, 2023, to file extended returns:

September 30, 2022

Authored by: Breea Boylan, MSA and Kevan Koopaei, CPA

Judge Christine Ward, an Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge, has struck down Pittsburgh’s Nonresident ‘Jock Tax.’ This city“facility fee,” more commonly known as a “jock tax,” was levied against out-of-town professional athletes by the City of Pittsburgh. These out-of-town professional athletes had to pay a percentage of income earned while playing in the City. After players’ associations for the NFL, NHL, and MLB sued the City, the fee was found to violate the state constitution’s uniformity clause by imposing higher tax burdens on athletes who reside outside the City.

September 16, 2022

Authored by: Katerine Velasquez and Zhoudi Tang, MST, CPA

On September 9, 2022, the Pennsylvania commonwealth court ruled for non-Pennsylvania businesses that sell merchandise through Amazon’s Fulfillment by Amazon (“FBA”) program were not required to collect and remit Pennsylvania sales tax or pay income tax. In order to participate in the FBA program, a taxpayer has to submit a list of inventories to Amazon, which is then shipped to a location a decision made solely by Amazon. FBA sales are administrated by Amazon which collects payments from customers and ships the merchandise directly to warehouses’ Amazon. Since the connections to the commonwealth were demonstrated to be limited to the storage of merchandise by Amazon in one of Amazon’s Pennsylvania warehouses. The Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue failed to provide sufficient justification that non-Pennsylvania businesses selling merchandise through the FBA program would necessitate collection and remittance of sales tax or payment of income tax.If you have questions about how this ruling may affect your business, please contact a member of the Withum SALT Team.

September 2, 2022

Authored by: Brandon Vance and Bonnie Susmano, JD, MBA

On August 24,2022, President Biden announced that the Federal government will enact a wide-scale student loan forgiveness program. The loan forgiveness will be exempt from federal taxation. However, the forgiveness is taxable at the state level in many states.

States are expected to fix this significant tax disparity but must act quickly because many state legislatures have adjourned for the year. Currently, 13 states do not fully comply with the student loan debt provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act. These states include Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

August 29, 2022

Authored by: Breea Boylan, MSA

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue will be transitioning all business taxes including employer withholding tax, sales tax, and corporation taxes into thePennsylvania Tax Hub (myPATH)system. The Department is adding more tax types to their new online system to make filing and paying quick and easy for taxpayers. Included in this transition is the Pennsylvania Online Business Entity Registration (PA-100), which will be replaced by the newmyPATHregistration service. The current online filing system for business taxpayers (e-TIDES), will be replaced beginning in late November 2022. Taxpayers are encouraged to establish theirmyPATHprofile as soon as possible during this transition period to become familiar with the system. The new myPATH system will require users to set up multi-factor authentication. Additionally, taxpayers will be able to opt into electronic correspondence, change filing frequencies, update addresses, and request statements of account through the new myPATH system.

August 4, 2022

Authored by: Zhoudi Tang, MST, CPA and Jessie Racioppi

On July 8, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed an amendment to the Pennsylvania Tax Code. This legislation reduces corporate net income tax from 9.99% to 8.99% effective January 1, 2023. The corporate net income tax will continue to decrease by 0.5% annually until 2031 when it reaches 4.99%. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2022, sales of certain intangible property will be sourced under market-based rules rather than cost-of-performance. Finally, this bill establishes a bright-line economic nexus threshold for income taxes. Taxpayers with gross receipts from Pennsylvania sources of $500,000 or more will be deemed to have nexus in the state beginning after December 31, 2022.

July 15, 2022

The Philadelphia City Council has approved new tax rates for Business Income and Receipts Tax (BIRT), Net Profit Tax (NPT) and resident and non-resident wage tax. Effective for Tax Year 2023, the new BIRT tax rate, affecting the net income portion of the tax, will drop from 6.20% to 5.99%. The new tax rates for wages and earnings of Residence/Non-Residence will go from 3.8398%/3.4481% respectively to 3.79%/3.44% respectively and will take effect on July 1, 2022. Employers are expected to adjust their withholdings after June 30, 2022. The Net Profits Tax rate has been adjusted to 3.79% and 3.44% for residents and non-residents, respectively, for tax year 2022.

June 30, 2022

On June 23. 2022 Philadelphia City Council passed business income and receipts tax (BIRT) and wage tax cuts. BIRT taxes will drop from 6.2% to 5.99%, this is the first time since 1988 that they are below 6%. Wage tax cuts will drop from 3.83% to 3.79% for residents and 3.448% to 3.44% for non-residents. The intention is to help the small business community. The City Council is also aiming to offset the increased property tax burden based on the 31% increase in home assessments across the city. They have also increased the Homestead Exemption to $80k to aid property owners that will owe more property tax based on the increased value of their property.

March 18, 2022

For tax year 2021, the City of Philadelphia Department of Revenue (DOR) has announced that they will be accepting tax refund requests from businesses on behalf of their employees who were mandated to work outside of the city due to the pandemic. Before submitting, employers should submit qualified employees W-2 form to the Philadelphia Tax Center and understand that employees with severance, bonus pay, or stock options do not qualify for wage tax relief.

February 18, 2022

On February 10, 2022, the city of Philadelphia provided answers to FAQs regarding the state’s nexus waiver for the Business Income and Receipts Tax (“BIRT”) and Net Profits Tax (“NPT”). This temporary waiver was granted specifically for the COVID-19 pandemic and expired on June 30, 2021. Since the expiration of the nexus waiver, the Department has fielded numerous questions related to how remote employees now affect a business’ nexus for BIRT and NPT. The city advises out-of-state entities have nexus in 2021, if they had employees working remotely in Philadelphia after June 30, 2021. Of course, the Department will make nexus determinations for BIRT and NPT on a case-by-case basis. Considerations include company policies, as well as frequency and type of the business activities conducted by remote employees.

Furthermore, if a remote worker’s business activities in Philadelphia is protected P.L. 86-272, the city clarifies that this provides protection for the NPT. Since the BIRT is not a tax based on net income, businesses claiming P.L. 86-272 protection in the city are still subject to the BIRT.

For entities that started having remote work arrangements since the pandemic, it is important to re-evaluate tax compliance and company policies as states may be tightening or reversing pandemic reliefs. If you have questions about whether your business is subject to Philadelphia BIRT or NPT, please call a Withum SALT practitioner.

October 8, 2021

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has extended the due dates to file individual and business tax returns for Taxpayers affected by Hurricane Ida. This extension is applicable to Taxpayer’s in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York counties, as well as other areas in Pennsylvania designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as qualifying for public assistance. The tax relief applies to various return filings with deadlines starting August 31, 2021, however, does not apply to tax payments. Various return filings for Individuals, Partnerships, S-Corporations, and Trust & Estates have Ida Relief extension until January 3^rd, 2022. However, return filings for Corporations have Ida Relief extension until February 2^nd, 2022.

June 18, 2021

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has posted a warning to taxpayers about a scam involving letters from the “Tax Processing Center,” the “Tax Processing Unit,” the “Benefits Suspension Unit,” or other similar entities with deceiving names. The letters make dubious claims, include suspicious details, or make threats, including the seizure of taxpayers’ property unless they immediately pay back taxes. The Department is encouraging taxpayers to keep the following tips in mind to safeguard against this scam: look closely for imposters; examine the notice for identifying information that can be verified; avoid scenarios asking for unusual payment methods; and conduct research online for a potentially fraudulent notice. Taxpayers should not call the toll-free number provided in a suspicious notice, but rather directly contact the appropriate tax agency through a published phone number or website. For specific information, please visit the posting on the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue website.

May 26, 2021

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has announced that it is offering a Voluntary Compliance Program for any business that has inventory or stores property in Pennsylvania but is not registered to collect and pay Pennsylvania taxes. The program announcement does not specify which taxes are affected; however, the program is listed under the Department of Revenue’s website section for Tax Obligations for Online Retailers, which specifically refers to sales and use tax, personal income tax, corporate net income tax, and other taxes such as cigarette taxes and fuels taxes. This program runs through June 8, 2021 and offers a limited lookback period and penalty relief when the business becomes compliant. Taxpayers who choose to participate in this program will not be liable for taxes owed prior to January 1, 2019. Taxpayers who participate in the program will also be given penalty relief for any noncompliance for past due tax returns that were not filed and taxes that were not paid. For additional information, please visit the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue website, which provides a Business Activity Questionnaire (“BAQ”) that must be completed.

May 13, 2021

Effective June 15, 2019, energy drinks or shots that are four (4) ounces or greater will be subject to sales tax in Pennsylvania, but energy drinks or shots less than four (4) ounces will be exempt. For purposes of determining the 4-ounce threshold, taxpayers should not aggregate the ounces in a given package when the drinks are sold in a multi-pack. For instance, if each bottle in a 6-pack of energy drinks or energy shots contains 1.98 ounces, but the total fluid ounces for the 6-pack amounts to 11.88 ounces, the 6-pack is not subject to tax because the individual products making up the 6-pack are all below the 4-ounce threshold. For specific information, please see Pennsylvania Sales Tax Bulletin No. 2021-02, 05/04/2021.

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has issued a reminder to low-income taxpayers that they may be eligible for a refund or reduction of their personal income taxes through Pennsylvania’s Tax Forgiveness Program. Many eligible taxpayers do not take advantage of the program because they fail to file a Pennsylvania personal income tax return (Form PA-40) to claim the reduction or refund on their taxes. For taxpayers who earn a wage, the employee can give his or her employer Form REV-419 (Employee’s Non-withholding Application Certificate) to ask that withholding not be done in cases of 100% tax forgiveness. In cases where withholding does occur, the taxpayer must file Form PA-40 and complete Schedule SP (Special Tax Forgiveness) to claim the tax forgiveness. The Department noted that people who are claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer are not eligible to receive tax forgiveness. For specific information, please see information on Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Tax Forgiveness Program, Pa. Dept. of Rev., 05/05/2021.

The Philadelphia Department of Revenue has revised its answers to a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the Department’s wage tax policies throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The FAQs address different circumstances for determining the extent to which a nonresident employee’s compensation is treated as compensation for services performed in Philadelphia and, thus, subject to the Philadelphia wage tax. For example, for employers who have a policy consistent with Philadelphia’s current guidance that all employees who are able to work from home are required to do so, but allow access only if employees prearrange to come to the Philadelphia workplace and pass a health assessment, the wages of the nonresident employees are subject to the wage tax only with respect to the days that they passed the health assessment and spent the day working at the Philadelphia workplace. For answers to additional questions, and other specific examples, please see Philadelphia Wage Tax Q&A applicable to COVID-19 policies, Philadelphia Dept. of Rev., 05/01/2021.

May 5, 2021

Under Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (the “Act”), Pennsylvania imposes a tax on the gross receipts a grower/processor receives from the sale of medical marijuana at the point a grower/processor sells or transfers product to a dispensary. The tax is paid by the grower/processor at the rate of 5%. Grower/processors and clinical registrant grower/processors must submit quarterly medical marijuana gross receipts tax returns, even for periods where no taxable sales occurred. Returns and payments must be submitted electronically through the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue’s online filing system (mypath.pa.gov.). For further information, please see Pennsylvania’s recently released Medical Marijuana Tax Bulletin 2021-01.

April 28, 2021

Effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2020,Pennsylvania has changed the corporate net income tax (“CNIT”) return filing deadline to the 15thday of the month following the due date of the federal corporate income tax return. Previously the filing deadline was 30 days after the due date of the federal corporate income tax return.

Via House Bill 766 (signed into law on April 22, 2021), the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue is authorized to disregard the period after April 14 and before May 17 in the calculation of interest, a penalty, or an addition to tax for failure to meet an extended deadline as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Further, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development is permitted to coordinate with local governing bodies and agencies of political subdivisions to extend filing and payment deadlines for local income taxes.

April 23, 2021

The Philadelphia Department of Revenue announced taxpayers will not receive a paper Philadelphia School Income Tax (“SIT”) tax return and coupon in the mail for the 2020 tax year. Taxpayers must instead pay the tax online, or by printing their own copy of the return and paying via check. Taxpayers have until May 17, 2021 to pay their SIT without added interest or penalty.

April 17, 2021

The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) under the CARES Act encourages businesses to keep employees on their payroll. According to the IRS, the refundable tax credit is 50% of up to $10,000 in wages paid by an eligible employer whose business has been financially impacted by COVID-19. Any reduction to the wage expense for federal tax purposes that is a result of a credit against taxes withheld from the employee would be deductible for Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax purposes. Any reduction to the wage expense for federal tax purposes that is a result of a credit against the employer’s (taxpayer’s) own FICA liability would not be deductible for Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax purposes.

In recently released Realty Transfer Tax Bulletin No. 2010-01 (04/07/202), Pennsylvania outlines that the application for refund is an informal, administrative process for requesting a refund of overpayments of Realty Transfer Tax to correct simple or noncomplex issues, such as duplicate payments, mathematical errors, clerical errors, or exemptions clear on the face of the deed transferring the property. The application for refund is filed with the department’s Bureau of Individual Taxes (“BIT”) on the “Application for Refund Pennsylvania Realty Transfer Tax” form REV-1651 available on the department’s website. Mailing instructions are found on the application form. An application must be filed within the same period as required for the filing of a petition for refund. Please see bulletin 2010-01 for additional details, or reach out to Withum’s SALT team with questions.

April 1, 2021

The Philadelphia Department of Revenue has updated its guidance regarding the employee business expense deduction for purposes of the Philadelphia wage tax. Philadelphia will not conform to the changes to the deductibility of employee business expenses under the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). The TCJA eliminated most miscellaneous itemized deductions for individuals, including deductions for employee business expenses for tax years 2018 through 2025; and suspended the moving expense deduction for most individual taxpayers for tax years 2018 through 2025. However, Philadelphia will continue to allow a deduction for expenses directly connected with employment that are ordinary, necessary, and reasonable; and Philadelphia will allow a deduction for unreimbursed expenses of moving to a new home that are incurred to retain employment. Taxpayers should use Pennsylvania Schedule UE to report deductions for the applicable employee business expense; also include a letter from your employer indicating that the expenditures were necessary and not reimbursed (or if not available, a signed affidavit or a copy of the employer’s employee expenses reimbursement policy).

March 23, 2021

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue alerts taxpayers that the filing and payment due dates for 2020 Pennsylvania personal income tax returns have been extended to May 17, 2021. The IRS recently announced the extension of federal returns due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Pennsylvania law requires the deadline for filing state income tax returns to be tied to the deadline set at the federal level. The Department will waive penalties and interest on returns and payments filed by the extended due date. If additional time is needed to file, taxpayers may request a 6-month extension to November 15, 2021, but such an extension does not extend the time for payment. Regarding estimated income tax payments, these should continue to follow the normal filing schedule, including payments due April 15, 2021. ( Pennsylvania Extends Personal Income Tax Filing Deadline To May 17, 2021, Pa. Dept. of Rev., 03/18/2021 .)

February 18, 2021

The Decennial Report is used by the Pennsylvania Department of State, not the Department of Revenue. The state department requires most all entities registered to do business in Pennsylvania (in 2021) to identify business names and marks that are no longer in use. That way, the state may reissue the name and place it back into the stream of commerce. The decennial report must be filed every ten years. The form “Decennial Report of Association Continued Existence” must be completed and mailed with the payment.

If the report is not timely filed, the entity is deemed to be no longer registered with the Department of State and registration may be restored only by filing an original application of registration. The business may also lose exclusive rights to use of its name on or after January 1, 2022.

Further information can be found on the state website. Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to discuss.
https://www.dos.pa.gov/BusinessCharities/Business/Resources/Pages/Decennial-Filing.aspx

February 11, 2021

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue is currently offering a 90-day voluntary compliance program available to unregistered retailers that have inventory or store property in Pennsylvania. For participating in the program, qualified retailers are offered penalty relief and a limited lookback period beginning from January 1, 2019.

To participate in the program, a retailer must submit a Business Activities Questionnaire, which requires disclosure of the retailer’s identity, Pennsylvania activities and Pennsylvania sales. After receiving contact from the Department regarding participation, the retailer is required to register, file any returns due, and remit the tax due. Penalty relief is contingent on the retailer maintaining compliance with its Pennsylvania tax obligations.

Businesses are advised to refer to the voluntary compliance program guidance as issued by the state for more information regarding the specifics of the program, or reach out to Withum’s State and Local Tax Group for a deeper discussion.

May 2, 2020

Governor Wolf signed into law S841, effective April 20, 2020, which provides property tax relief due to Covid-19. The law temporarily authorizes the governing body of a taxing district to apply the taxing district’s discount rate to taxes collected by August 31, 2020, and to waive any fee or penalty for late payment of property taxes paid in full by December 31, 2020.

Source: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/li/uconsCheck.cfm?yr=2020&sessInd=0&act=15

March 21, 2020

Pennsylvania’s Department of Revenue announced the deadline for taxpayers to file their 2019 Pennsylvania personal income tax returns is extended to July 15, 2020. Giving taxpayers an additional 90 days to file from the original deadline of April 15, no extension is necessary. This extension applies to both final 2019 tax returns and payments, and estimated payments for the first and second quarters of 2020.

Source: https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Revenue-Details.aspx?newsid=30

Due to the recent closing of commonwealth and county office buildings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Revenue is aware that taxpayers have been unable to meet their Inheritance Tax filing and payment obligations. To address these concerns, the Department is asking County Register of Wills offices to implement the following procedures when their operations resume:

If a taxpayer is filing a return or making a payment and indicates that either was due during the timeframe that offices were closed, please place a date received as of March 12, 2020, on the return and the receipt.

In addition, the Department is making system modifications to not apply penalties for payments received late, that otherwise would have been timely during office closures.

The Department of Revenue is waiving penalties for businesses that are required to make Accelerated Sales Tax (AST) prepayments by the deadline of Friday, March 20, 2020. For April sales tax payments, the Department is waiving the AST prepayment requirement and asking businesses to remit the sales tax that they have collected in March.

May 2, 2020

The City of Philadelphia has changed the extended due date for real estate taxes from April 30, 2020 to July 15, 2020. The Department has also extended the deadline to July 15th for senior citizens over the age of 65, and eligible low-income homeowners, to apply for an installment payment plan for their real estate taxes.

Source: https://www.phila.gov/2020-04-27-philadelphia-property-tax-due-date-extended-to-june-15/

April 2, 2020

Source: https://www.phila.gov/2020-03-20-information-and-resources-for-businesses-impacted-by-covid-19/

March 30, 2020

The City of Philadelphia issued payroll tax guidance on March 26, 2020, pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic. The City uses a “requirement of employment” standard for payroll taxes. Philadelphia asserts for nonresidents who work from their home for their own convenience, then the nonresident employee would be still be subject to tax. This is similar to the New York convenience of employer rules. However, in respect to the pandemic, the City states even if the employer’s base of operation is in Philadelphia, the employer is not required to withhold on wages on nonresident employees if they are required/ordered to work from outside of the City.

Disclaimer: Please note this is the information that is readily available at this time, it is subject to change so please consult your Withum tax advisor.