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Eligibility
Individuals may use PALite to prepare an earned income tax return when filing with any of the following collectors:
  • Blair County Tax Collection Bureau
  • Danville Area Earned Income Tax Office - Montour County
  • Municipal & School Earned Income Tax Office - Lycoming County
  • York Adams Tax Bureau
When filing taxes with one or more of the participating collectors, you are eligible to use PALite unless:
  • You resided outside of Pennsylvania for some portion of the tax year (January 1 through December 31).
  • You lived at more than three Pennsylvania addresses during the tax year.
  • You moved at some time during the tax year AND have multiple W-2 forms from the same employer.
  • You had earnings from out of state or have wages from a state other than PA reported in box 15 of a W-2 form.
  • You have a W-2 form with local withholdings reported for Philadelphia (sometimes noted as Phila, PHI or 51) in box 20.
  • You worked in the City of Altoona but resided outside the city.
Spouses must both be eligible if they intend to file on the same return.
 
If you are not eligible, click Cancel. Otherwise, read and accept the Terms and Conditions below.
 


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The term “us” or “we” refers to the Local Tax Cooperative (owners of the website) whose registered office is York Adams Tax Bureau, 1405 N. Duke St., York, PA 17405. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our website.

Current Subscribers of the Local Tax Cooperative for Individual Online Filing
Blair County Tax Collection Bureau - Blair County
Danville Area Earned Income Tax Office - Montour County
Municipal & School Earned Income Tax Office - Lycoming County
York Adams Tax Bureau - York and Adams Counties

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