This privacy policy sets out how the Local Tax Cooperative uses and protects any information that you give the tax collectors when you use this website.
The Local Tax Cooperative is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
The Local Tax Cooperative may change this policy occasionally by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from January 1, 2009.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- Taxpayer names
- Taxpayer Addresses
- Taxpayer Social Security Numbers
- Employer names
- Employer Addresses
- Employee payroll and income information
- Employee business expenses
- Other taxpayer earnings
- Net Profits/Net Losses
- Checking Account information (if online payment is selected)
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to process local wage tax information for local taxing authorities levying certain taxes pursuant to authority granted under the Local Tax Enabling Act, 53 P.S. §6901 et seq., and in particular we will use the information for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping and processing wage tax information
- We may use the information to improve our services
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. However, users of this online reporting system are reminded that the Local Tax Cooperative does not guarantee, nor can it safeguard, the security of the information you transmit to us, while the information is in transit. Once we receive the information, you will receive notification confirming the information was properly filed.