A tax for general revenue purposes of 1/2 of
1% is hereby imposed on:
A. Earned income earned on and after January 1, 1970,
by residents of the Borough of Waynesboro;
B. Earned income earned on and after January 1, 1970,
by nonresidents of the said Borough for work done or services performed
or rendered in the Borough of Waynesboro;
C. The net profits earned on and after January 1, 1970,
by residents of the Borough of Waynesboro; and
D. The net profits earned on after January 1, 1970, from
the operation of business, professions or other activity, except corporations,
conducted in the said Borough by nonresidents of the Borough of Waynesboro.
Section 13 of the Local Tax Enabling Act of
1965, P.L. 1257, is hereby incorporated by reference into and made a part
of this article, to the same extent as if the full text of the said
section had been set out verbatim in this article except that:
A. In the case of net profits, the Borough elects to
operate under the option set forth in Subsection III-A(1)i of the
said section, requiring annual payments of the tax due on net profits
for the preceding year, rather than annual declaration of net profits
and quarterly payments thereof, as provided in Subsection III-A(1)ii;
and
B. In the case of earned income not subject to withholding,
the Borough elects to operate under the option set forth in Subsection
III-B(1), requiring an annual return and payment of the tax for the
preceding year, rather than quarterly returns, with accompanying payment
of the tax, as provided in Subsection III-B(2).
The Borough Council may from time to time appoint
and designate a person to serve as Income Tax Officer, and the bond
of the Income Tax Officer shall be filed with the Borough Solicitor.
[Added 5-20-1981 by Ord. No. 875]
Payment of any tax on income to any state or
to any political subdivision by residents thereof, pursuant to any
state or local law, shall, to the extent of that such income includes
salaries, wages, commissions or other compensation or net profits
of business, professions or other activities but in such proportions
as set forth in Section 14 of the Local Tax Enabling Act as amended, be credited and allowed a deduction from liability
of such person for any other tax on salaries, wages, commissions,
other compensation or net profits of business or other activities
imposed by the Borough of Waynesboro under the authority of the Local
Tax Enabling Act, as amended, if residents of the Borough of Waynesboro
receive credits and deductions of a similar kind to a like degree
from the tax on income imposed by the other state or political subdivision
thereof.