State Budget

People Everywhere Just Want to Be Free (Of Taxes)

  • April 12, 2018

Pennsylvanians work nearly four months a year just to pay the taxes imposed at the various levels of government. This is just one of the many findings in the Tax…

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Taxes & Economy

(Un)Happy Tax Freedom Day!

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 22, 2016

(Un)Happy Tax Freedom Day! If you thought Tax Day was April 15, think again. Today, April 22, is actually the day by which Pennsylvanians…

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvanians Spend Nearly One-Third of Year Paying Taxes

  • April 22, 2016

Pennsylvanians Spend Nearly One-Third of Year Paying Taxes  Tax Bills Exceed Spending on Housing, Clothing, & Food Combined April 22, 2016, HARRISBURG, Pa.—If you thought Tax Day was…

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State Budget

How Does Pennsylvania’s Tax Burden Compare?

  • February 8, 2016

Pennsylvania currently has the 15th highest state and local tax burden in the country. Yet Gov. Wolf proposed historic tax hikes last year and continues to press for tax increases. Here’s an…

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvanians Are Working Longer for the Government

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 27, 2015

Last Saturday Pennsylvanians passed an important milestone: Tax Freedom Day. This is the day Pennsylvanians earn enough dollars to pay off their federal, state and local tax bills for 2015. …

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Government Accountability

Happy Tax Freedom Day, Pennsylvania!

  • Bruce Cornibe
  • April 21, 2014

Happy Tax Freedom Day! It took from January 1 until today for Pennsylvanians to have earned enough income to pay off their federal, state, and local taxes for the year. …

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Taxes & Economy

Today We Celebrate PA’s Tax Freedom Day

  • April 18, 2012

You might have thought Tax Freedom Day was April 17—the last day to file your taxes—but for Pennsylvania, it’s really today, April 18. Tax Freedom Day is calculated…

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