A motion concerning an earned income tax for non-residents of the city of Butler has been added to Thursday’s City Council meeting agenda.
New Council member Kenny Bonus told our newsroom “It would just be something that would tax those who are working in the city of Butler that reside in a different state.”
Bonus brought the idea up Tuesday and after receiving a positive reaction from council members, the decision was made to add the first reading of an ordinance to this month’s meeting.
Cranberry Township recently enacted a similar one percent tax on wages earned in the municipality by those living out of state and gained $100,000. Bonus does not expect as much to be collected by the city but it is difficult to estimate exactly how much could be gained by this measure that would not cost the city anything.
“We would really have to have an idea how many people were working in the city that lived in a different state and that’s kind of hard to do. It could potentially be like $5,000 for a given year. It’s better than nothing,” Bonus explained.
Additional readings of the ordinance at future meetings and required advertisements would put the new tax on schedule to be enacted around the start of the new year.
Written by Ryan Saeler
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