Pa. Senate bill to kill school property tax takes step
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state Senate panel is advancing a bill that would eventually eliminate school property taxes by increasing taxes on sales and income.
The Senate Finance Committee narrowly approved the bill today, 6-to-5. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Michael Brubaker says it would create a $13 billion tax shift.
The bill still has to go through the Senate Appropriations Committee before it can get to the Senate floor. A similar bill hasn’t gained any traction in the House.
Instead, that chamber last year approved a bill that would empower Pennsylvania school boards to reduce or eliminate school property taxes and to make up the revenue from other tax increases.
That bill hasn’t advanced in the Senate.