Pennsylvania Payroll

Did you know that Pennsylvania has reciprocal withholding agreements with Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia?

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

Pennsylvania Voting Rights:

Employer Right To Schedule Voting Hours	Pay Deduction For Voting Time Leave
No	No

Pennsylvania does not have a voting time leave law.

Pennsylvania Compensation

Employers with 10 or fewer full-time workers must pay employees at least $5.65 an hour. This amount increases to $6.65 an hour, effective July 1, 2007, and to $7.15 an hour, effective July 1, 2008.

All employees are covered except for:

• those working in an executive, administrative, or professional capacity, including academic administrative personnel and elementary and secondary teachers;
• outside sales personnel, including certain retail and service personnel; and
• farm laborers (other than seasonal farm workers).

Pennsylvania Payroll

Employers covered by Pennsylvania's wage payment law must pay wages within 15 days of the end of a pay period. Overtime wages are payable in the next succeeding pay period, unless written provisions or custom within the trade provides otherwise.

Pennsylvania Unemployment:

Taxable Wage Base ($000s)	New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages)	Employee Tax Rate (% Taxable Wages)	Period Effective
8,000	3.7520 - 10.3984	None	Calendar Year 2007

Helpful Links for Pennsylvania Payroll

Pennsylvania Revenue Department
Dept. 280904
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17128
(717) 787-1064

Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry - Office of Unemployment Compensation Tax Services
7th Floor, Labor and Industry Building
Seventh and Forster Streets
Harrisburg, Pennslyvania 17121
(717) 787-7679

Pennsylvania State Regulations

Tax Forms and Publications