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Study Disputes Claims of Business Taxes' Harm

PHILADELPHIA-A comparison of Pennsylvania business taxes in relation to those of other states, conducted by Harrisburg, PA-based Keystone Research Center, disputes business-sponsored studies aimed at reducing state business taxes. KRC recommends holding off a planned phase-out of $1 billion in business taxes.

By Marita Thomas | Updated on June 21, 2002

PHILADELPHIA-A study by Harrisburg, PA-based Keystone Research Center refutesclaims made in a business-sponsored study by Harrisburg, PA-based Pennsylvania Economy League that concludes the state’s business taxes prevent companies from locating here. KRC finds the PEL study failed to consider property taxes and sales taxes when making comparisons with other states.

“When we examined Pennsylvania’s taxes, we found that the state’s business burden is similar to that of other states,” says Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of KRC, an independent research company.

According to the KRC comparisons, Pennsylvania businesses paid $940 per capita in state and local taxes in 1999, compared with the $962 per capita average paid by business among all states. KRC concedes that makes Pennsylvania’s business taxes 17th highest in a 50-state ranking.

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