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Keystone is currently sending delinquent per capita and occupation tax notices to taxpayers who failed to pay by the due date.

Keystone Collections Group, Somerset County’s new local earned income tax administrator, will present a free workshop on local tax withholding for employers on December 7.

Taxpayers often ask why they received a delinquent local earned income tax notice and how Keystone identifies delinquent taxpayers. The information below will help you understand the delinquent identification process and assist with responding to delinquent local earned income tax notices.

Keystone’s compliance team continues to issue delinquent earned income tax notices to taxpayers across Pennsylvania. State law requires Pennsylvania residents with earned income or net profits to report and pay the local earned income tax quarterly and file an annual return by April 15.

Keystone Collections Group installed a drop box to help taxpayers make easy and timely payments on their tax bills. The box is located in front of the Chester County Intermediate Unit Building at 455 Boot Road, Downingtown, PA 19335.

Missed the tax filing deadline? You can still file a 2020 tax return using Keystone’s e-file, the easy, fast and secure way to file your local tax return online.

The PA Department of Revenue and the IRS announced that the income tax filing deadline for the final annual return (2020) is extended to May 17, 2021. The local earned income tax filing deadline is accordingly extended to match the State and Federal date of May 17, 2021.

Current per capita tax exemptions can now be submitted online using Keystone’s e-pay. This service will allow you to provide proof of your eligibility for exemption from a portion of this tax.

If you received a delinquent earned income tax notice but you believe that you do not owe some or all of the unpaid tax because of unapplied tax credits, previously unreported tax withholdings or other extenuating circumstances, you will need to provide supporting documentation to substantiate your claim.