East Marlborough residents packed the township meeting room on April 23 for a preliminary discussion about a possible earned-income tax (EIT). Jayson Lawson, a representative from Keystone Collections, said that 70 of the 73 municipalities in Chester County already collect an EIT, which can be up to 1% of a resident’s or employee’s income. East Marlborough is unusual because it is split between two school districts. Residents in the Kennett Consolidated School District (KCSD) already pay a 1% EIT to Kennett, and if East Marlborough enacted an EIT, it would receive some of the tax revenue currently going to KCSD. A larger portion of the township lives within Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, which does not have an EIT. Under an earned-income tax, anybody who lives or works within municipal borders could pay up to 1% of their income. Read more at the Chester County Press.
Source: Chester County Press; 4/30/2025