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Canton drops per capita tax

BY ERIC HRIN (STAFF WRITER)
Published: December 16, 2009

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CANTON - Borough council repealed the per capita tax at its meeting Tuesday.

The issue previously came up at council's October meeting when borough tax collector Rick Segur talked to council members about the matter.

Back then, Segur told council that the borough will have to mail out its own per capita and occupation taxes because "the school district went on their own for next year."

"We will have to do our own printing, our own postage," he said at the time.

He didn't think it was "real valuable" for the borough to keep the per capita tax, which brings in $4,500.

"By the time you pay your printing and postage ... it's not worthwhile," he had told council in October.

Segur said the borough could make up for it by raising the occupation tax 100 mils.

And during Tuesday's meeting, that's what council did, increasing the occupation tax rate for 2010 from 800 mils to 900 mils to make up for the $4,500 lost as a result of eliminating the per capita tax.

In October, Segur had told council that although the borough would lose about $4,500 if it eliminated the per capita taxes, raising the 100 mils on the occupation tax would bring in $4,700.

"That will take care of that per capita money that you would lose," he told council at the time.

When contacted Tuesday evening, Segur said the change in the occupation tax rate will mean an increase of $2.50 for people considered to be regular workers. For professionals, it will mean an increase of $10.

During Tuesday's vote, council member Will Holmes said, "I don't agree with it, but I'll do it."

When asked for comment after the meeting, he said, "I don't like to pay more taxes if I can help it."

Back in October, Segur had also told council that getting rid of the per capita tax would eliminate the necessity for non-working people to come in and pay the per capita tax, which he said is a "nuisance tax."

Eric Hrin can be reached at (570) 297-5251; e-mail: reviewtroy@thedailyreview.com.

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5 posted comments

I wonder what population of non working people live in the canton borough..they get their way paid for them.. i would rather pay 2.50 more and have them pay $5.00. they would at least have to pay something!!!! let's get real...our town is over ran with ungrateful people, working and non.. let's get rid of it all and maybe the people who are here to serve because they want to see a positive change in our community would remain and get rid of those who are "serving""our community just so they can say announce themselves with a title. Canton Warriors stand up and protect your town!!!
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crimson and white!,  12/22/09 7:11
Hmmm, Jodi, I think you need to do your math before you comment about the working class getting hit. You just eliminated a $5 per captia tax and implemented a $2.50 increase in occupation tax, on my calculator that's a savings. Oh, but maybe you meant that as a positive comment and the irony was lost on me.
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Ironic,  12/16/09 4:42
So let's see the working class gets hit again!!! way to Go Canton!!!!
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Jodi,  12/16/09 11:19
The biggest savings would come from getting rid of the local tax collectors themselves. This all could be handled in one central office for all of the different municipalities. It's done that way in other counties at tremendous savings.
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Riddance,  12/16/09 10:19
From this article it is very easy to see that Will Holmes is a Sheep!! By saying that he does not like but will do it only tells me that he would follow the rest off a cliff.. It's exactly those kinds of Politicians that are not needed in office!! He ought to grow up and put his mind to use!!
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Fed-up,  12/16/09 7:03

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