Table 2. Potential Impacts of Act 24 of 2001 on Earned Income Tax Rates

School Districts in the County

County

Number with Possible Increase

Percent of All School Districts with Potential Change

Average Possible Increase in Earned Income Tax Rate

Maximum Possible Increase in County

ADAMS

6

100%

0.56

0.70

ALLEGHENY

6

14%

0.00

0.05

ARMSTRONG

2

50%

0.05

0.15

BEAVER

1

7%

0.00

0.00

BEDFORD

1

20%

0.01

0.05

BERKS

2

11%

0.00

0.00

BLAIR

5

71%

0.04

0.15

BRADFORD

7

100%

0.34

0.60

BUCKS

3

23%

0.07

0.40

BUTLER

2

29%

0.00

0.00

CAMBRIA

5

42%

0.00

0.00

CAMERON

0

0%

0.00

0.00

CARBON

2

40%

0.19

0.50

CENTRE

4

100%

0.51

0.85

CHESTER

1

8%

0.01

0.15

CLARION

5

71%

0.14

0.30

CLEARFIELD

2

25%

0.00

0.00

CLINTON

1

100%

0.45

0.45

COLUMBIA

6

100%

0.46

0.70

CRAWFORD

0

0%

0.00

0.00

CUMBERLAND

8

100%

0.58

0.85

DAUPHIN

9

90%

0.47

0.80

DELAWARE

0

0%

0.00

0.00

ELK

3

100%

0.40

0.50

ERIE

5

38%

0.02

0.05

FAYETTE

1

17%

0.01

0.05

FOREST

0

0%

0.00

0.00

FRANKLIN

2

40%

0.03

0.10

FULTON

2

67%

0.02

0.05

GREENE

0

0%

0.00

0.00

HUNTINGDON

1

25%

0.03

0.10

INDIANA

7

100%

0.32

0.40

JEFFERSON

3

100%

0.37

0.50

JUNIATA

1

100%

0.05

0.05

LACKAWANNA

5

50%

0.01

0.05

LANCASTER

4

25%

0.05

0.60

LAWRENCE

0

0%

0.00

0.00

LEBANON

2

33%

0.07

0.40

LEHIGH

0

0%

0.00

0.00

LUZERNE

2

18%

0.00

0.05

LYCOMING

7

88%

0.58

0.75

MCKEAN

1

20%

0.00

0.00

MERCER

5

42%

0.01

0.05

MIFFLIN

1

100%

0.25

0.25

MONROE

0

0%

0.00

0.00

MONTGOMERY

3

14%

0.01

0.20

MONTOUR

1

100%

0.60

0.60

NORTHAMPTON

5

63%

0.11

0.35

NORTHUMBERLAND

6

100%

0.63

0.95

PERRY

4

100%

0.71

0.80

PIKE

0

0%

0.00

0.00

POTTER

2

40%

0.05

0.20

SCHUYLKILL

12

100%

0.29

0.65

SNYDER

2

100%

0.95

1.05

SOMERSET

5

45%

0.03

0.10

SULLIVAN

0

0%

0.00

0.00

SUSQUEHANNA

1

17%

0.02

0.10

TIOGA

3

100%

0.53

0.65

UNION

2

100%

0.90

0.90

VENANGO

2

40%

0.02

0.05

WARREN

0

0%

0.00

0.00

WASHINGTON

4

29%

0.01

0.05

WAYNE

0

0%

0.00

0.00

WESTMORELAND

6

35%

0.01

0.05

WYOMING

0

0%

0.00

0.00

YORK

11

69%

0.09

0.45

State Total

199

40%


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