Springfield Township commissioners are considering enacting a 1% earned income tax (EIT) on township residents. The township is facing rising costs for essential services, including police, fire protection, road and infrastructure, and officials say the EIT would diversify tax funding so the township is not entirely reliant on property taxes. The tax would apply to wages and salaries, net business profits and commissions. Social Security, pension and retirement income, interest, dividends and capital gains would not be taxed. Springfield residents who work in a municipality that already has the tax would not pay both. Township officials held a town hall on the EIT proposal for residents, and a video of that meeting is posted on Facebook.
Source: Daily Times; 3/17/2026 and Springfield Township; 3/24/2026