What happens if I do not pay or file the required returns?
Late payments are subject to interest of 6% per annum on the amount of the tax and an additional penalty of 0.5% of the amount of the unpaid tax for each month or fraction thereof during which the tax remains unpaid, for taxes assessed prior to January 1, 2012. For taxes assessed beginning January 1, 2012, an additional penalty of 1.0% of the amount of the unpaid tax for each month or fraction thereof during which the tax remains unpaid. Taxpayers who refuse or fail to file the returns or otherwise comply with the terms of the Ordinance or Resolution, may upon conviction be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500 for each offense, and costs in default of payment of said fines and costs, the taxpayer may be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 30 days for each offense. In addition, the collector is entitled to recover various costs and fees incurred as a result of the collection process.

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1. When is the local tax bill due?
2. Where do I pay the Colonial School District's Real Estate Tax bill?
3. What is the Earned Income Tax?
4. Who is taxable?
5. If I am subject to the Philadelphia Wage Tax, must I also pay this tax?
6. How will the Earned Income Tax be collected?
7. Will I be notified when each tax installment is due?
8. Is all income subject to the tax?
9. Who must file a quarterly return?
10. Who must file a final return?
11. What happens if I do not pay or file the required returns?
12. Must I file if I receive no taxable income?
13. Which employers are required to withhold the tax from their employees?
14. Must those subject to withholding do anything else?
15. If my work status should change from an employer who as been withholding, to an employer in an area who does not withhold, what do I do?
16. What happens if I overestimate or underestimate my income?
17. Are non-residents taxable?
18. Is there any minimum or maximum income or age group/
19. Does Whitemarsh Township have an Earned Income Tax (EIT)?