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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (PACast)
HARRISBURG, PA Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed a significant hike in the state income tax but asserted that lower-wage earners would be exempt from paying it.
In unveiling his proposed 2021-22 state budget, Wolf recommended raising the state s personal income tax from 3.07 percent to 4.49 percent. But he contended that taxes actually would decrease or stay the same for about two-thirds of state residents and the increase would impact only the highest wage earners. This budget makes major changes to our tax system, Wolf said in an address delivered by video to the state Legislature because of the coronavirus outbreak. It actually reduces the tax burden on Pennsylvania families earning $84,000 or less. It also proposes a major tax reduction for Pennsylvania businesses.
HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) Providing more state funding for struggling businesses and raising the minimum wage are among the agenda items Gov. Tom Wolf will call for in his upcoming budget address.
Wolf has championed many of the dozen or so ideas he outlined since he became governor in 2015. But he said several like raising the state’s base wage to $12 an hour this year and providing more money for workforce development training are more urgent because of the economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Businesses small and large that are trying to get by by keeping compensation for their workers low simply is not good business,” Wolf said. “They repay your unwillingness to pay them fairly with a work product that doesn’t make your company very productive or profitable.”