Issue: Tax Reform, Act 1 of 2006

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Act 1 Newsletter Archive

  • No. 1 : An overview of Act 1: The Taxpayer Relief Act
  • No. 2: The Act 1 requirements for a Local Tax Study Commission (LTSC), how it is appointed, its duties and the school board's requirements
  • No. 3: The Task Force on School District Cost Reduction created by Act 1, what is it, how school boards can participate and how it can help the cause of school boards
  • No. 4: The Act 1 index, what is it, how is it calculated and how does it affect school districts
  • No. 5: This issue is a follow-up on the concerns and questions surrounding the Local Tax Study Commission and the index
  • No. 6: Tips on getting your district's Local Tax Study Commission officially appointed and started as well as additional follow up on school district indexes
  • No. 7: The three different types of voter referendum in Act 1: front-end, back-end and gaming revenue
  • No. 8: Getting ready to start preparing the preliminary budget and some about the rate of the income tax to be proposed to voters next spring
  • Please note: There is no issue nine
  • No. 10: Q&A from seminars and web conferences on the Local Tax Study Commission
  • No. 11: The school board's duties after the Local Tax Study Commission makes its recommendation
  • No. 12: Updates on the regulations regarding the collection of the local Personal Income Tax, additional advice on the board's duties once the recommendation of the Local Tax Study Commission is received
  • No. 13: Reviewing the rules for the farmstead exclusion
  • No. 14: Why districts should explain Act 1 to the public, important news on back-end referendum exceptions, your help needed to track Act 1 implementation information
  • No. 15: PSBA's advice on the notice and resolution authorizing the front-end referendum question
  • No. 16: A different look at Act 1's provisions regarding back-end referendum exceptions; remaining neutral on the May "front-end" question; clarification of the previous Act 1 newsletter on notices and resolutions surrounding the front-end question; earlier than expected 2008-09 preliminary budgets?
  • No. 17: The notice of intent to apply for back-end referendum exceptions, the nonlegal interpretative statement, the front-end question
  • No. 18: Increases in benefits to certain senior citizens under Act 1, who can vote on May 15
  • No. 19: Important information about the front-end ballot question
  • No. 20 : What are a school district's responsibilities for initiating installment payment plans for property taxes?