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Article: Personal income tax a possibility: In Northampton Area, not all homeowners would benefit.
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- The Morning Call (Allentown, PA)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2007
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Byline: Michael Duck
Jan. 16--Homeowners in Northampton Area School District might get a property tax break next year, but only if residents vote to hike their income taxes and possibly do more paperwork at tax time.
School directors on Monday discussed the possible shift from property taxes to a new "personal income tax," in response to new state law. The change would save each district homeowner more than $400 in property taxes, but about 30 percent of residents would have higher tax bills overall because income taxes would nearly double, officials have said.
Several school directors said creating the personal income tax would be more fair ...