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Pennsylvania Payroll Tax and Labor Laws
Get your Pennsylvania State Tax ID Number
Click Here to Obtain State Tax and State Unemployment Tax ID
Note: Pennsylvania is a "Joint Application" State. One application for TWO ID numbers (one for SIT and one for SUI).
Did you know that Pennsylvania has reciprocal withholding agreements with Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia?
Pennsylvania Wage and Hour Laws
All employees are covered except those specifically exempt by statute; among those exempt are farm laborers (other than seasonal farm workers). Executive, administrative, professional, and outside sales employees are also exempt, given that certain requirements are met.
Pennsylvania Payroll for Employers
Taxable Wage Base ($000s): 10,000
New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages) 3.689 or 10.2238
Pennsylvania Income Tax Withholding
Pennsylvania requires employers to withhold state income tax from their employees' wages and remit the amounts withheld to the Revenue Department.
Every employer that has an office or does business in Pennsylvania that pays compensation must withhold state income tax from each payment of wages to employees. Tax must be withheld from wages of resident employees for services performed either within or outside Pennsylvania and from wages of nonresident employees for services within the state.
Pennsylvania Benefits
Employer Right to Schedule Voting Hours No
Pay Deduction for Voting Time Leave No
Pennsylvania does not have a voting time leave law.
Pennsylvania State Tax Resources
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Accurate as of December 2020