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Springfield Schools looks for needed income tax
Carolynn Mostyn
Suburbanite correspondent
SPRINGFIELD TWP. – After voters of the Springfield Local School District defeated a 7.7-mill operating levy both in August and November of 2020, the Board of Education had to come up with a different plan to bring in needed funds.
That plan, instead of a levy, is to place a 0.75-percent school income tax levy of 0.75 percent on the May 4 ballot.
If passed, the 0.75 percent school income tax would result in a tax of $7.50 per $1,000 in income. Those on social security benefits; disability and survivor benefits; railroad retirement benefits; welfare benefits; child support; property received as a gift, bequest, or inheritance; and workers’ compensation benefits would not be taxed. Senior citizens 65 years and older would receive a $50 income tax credit.