State lawmakers will hold a hearing in Bensalem Wednesday on legislation that would give suburban municipalities a cut of city wage tax collected from their residents who work in Philadelphia.
Non-residents of Philadelphia who work in the city currently pay 3.5 percent in city wage tax. Under the current law, none of that wage tax goes back to the person's home municipality or school district.
The state's House Finance Committee, chaired by Republican Rep. Bernie O'Neill of Bucks County called the hearing. They plan to discuss three bills that would change current laws governing Philadelphia's wage tax, one of which would require the city to reimburse non-residents' home municipalities for wage taxes.
State Reps. Scott Petri (R-Bucks) and Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) are sponsoring the bills. The hearing is slated to begin at 10 a.m. at the Bensalem Township Building on Byberry Road.
