Web Tax For Pa. Businesses Start Sept. 1

Online retailers with a physical presence in the state will have to a 6 percent sales tax on items bought by Pennsylvanians.

Unless the business is in Allegheny County, in which case it will have to charge a 7 percent tax with the extra percent going to the county, or in Philadelphia, in which case it will have to charge an 8 percent tax with the extra 2 percent going to the city.
So, is the message now if you live in Pennsylvania and shop online,  don’t do it with a business based here?

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