Mountain View School District

Real Estate, Per Capita, and Occupational Taxes
Local tax collectors collect real estate taxes, per capita taxes, and occupational taxes. Taxes paid between July 1 and August 31 receive a discount of 2%. Taxes paid between September 1 and October 31 are paid at face. Taxes paid between November 1 and December 31 have a 10% penalty added.
 

Tax Collectors
From January 1 and after, unpaid taxes are delinquent. The Susquehanna County Tax Claim Bureau collects delinquent real estate taxes plus penalties. The phone number is 570-278-4600 ext. 312.

G. H. Harris, Dallas, PA collects delinquent per capita and occupational taxes plus penalties. G. H. Harris' phone number is 1-800-836-1331.

Act 72
The Homeowner's Property Relief Act is commonly called Act 72. Act 72 was designed to provide property tax relief for resident homeowners. The property tax relief is not immediate. It will only occur if the Mountain View School District chooses to participate and the State certifies that it has enough revenue from the yet to be constructed gambling sites to offset the lost local revenue from reduced property taxes. The School Board is working very hard to study the pros and cons of participating in Act 72.

Earned Income Taxes
The Mountain View School District is located in Harford Township. The school district has a one-half of one percent (.005) earned income tax and the township has a one-half of one percent (.005) earned income tax. As an employer, the school district deducts one percent (.01) earned income tax from each employee and transmits the tax to Berkheimer Tax Administrator. Berlheimer acts as a clearinghouse sending earned income tax monies to the localities where people reside. If an employee lives in a Pennsylvania locality without an earned income tax or lives out of state, Berkheimer sends the one percent tax to Harford Township. Berkheimer also collects delinquent earned income taxes plus penalties. The phone number for Berkheimer is 1-866-701-7206.

Occupation Assessment Taxes 
Issued to any person who is working, this tax is based on an individual’s job title.  This tax does not matter if you own, rent or have a child attending the Mountain View School District.

Per Capita Taxes 
Issued to any person aged 18 or older who resides in the Mountain View School District. This tax does not matter if you own, rent or have a child attending the Mountain View School District.

Real Estate Tax 
Real Estate Tax is the main source of revenue for funding the operation of the Mountain View School District. It is based on the assessed valuation, as determined by the Susquehanna County Assessment Office, of all taxable property within the School District.  The millage rate is the rate which the Mountain View Board of School Directors sets for the taxation of the assessment on a property.  This tax does not matter if you have a child attending the Mountain View School District.