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The Pennsylvania Department of Education on May 1 informed the state's 501 school districts of the amounts each will receive from state gaming revenues to fund property tax relief for the coming fiscal year. The total amount being distributed is $613 million.

Homeowners in 452 of the 501 school districts (the data has yet to be determined in the others) now have a better idea of how much they can expect to see in the way of gaming-funded property tax cuts later this year. Details on the amount each district will receive for the purpose of property tax relief, along with estimates of the amount of tax relief provided to eligible property owners in each district, are available at http://www.pde.state.pa.us/.

Amounts range from a low of $54 per homeowner in the Dallas School District in Luzerne County to a high of $623 in the Chester-Upland School District in Delaware County. Three districts-Chester-Upland, the Allentown City School District in Lehigh County, and the York City School District in York County-saw average tax breaks of more than $500 per homeowner, while 37 school districts got average tax cuts of less than $100.

The Philadelphia School Districts will receive $56 million to reduce the city wage tax rate. 

This year's distribution marks the first-ever provided under this law.

If you have tax-related questions, please contact Tax Specialist Crystal Martin at 717-757-6999 or 800-745-8233, or end her an email by using the form below.
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