LOCAL SERVICES TAX 2025
YOUR LST TAX WILL BE TAKEN OUT STARTING IN PAYROLL PERIOD PAY DATE JANUARY 3, 2025.
IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER JOB WHERE THE LST IS TAKEN OUT YOU MUST FILL OUT AN EXEMPTION FORM and attach proof of that deduction from your other job. Exemption forms may be found on
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Click on Human Resources at bottom of page
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Password: cj6565
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Click on Personnel tab at top of page
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Password: cj6565
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Click on LST Forms box
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Print Local Tax Exemption form and fill out
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Email it to delann@countryjunction.com along with supporting documentation (copy of paystub from other job showing deduction or letter from employer)
If I do not have your exemption form by December 24th I will assume that you do not have the tax taken out and it will be deducted from your paycheck. Sorry, there will be no exceptions. If I do not have an exemption form by the above date I am required to deduct the LST.
Rates for 2025 are as follows:
Lehighton Store:
$10.00 deducted the first pay of the year
Central Warehouse, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Stores:
$52.00 per year ($2.00 per payroll)
We are required to deduct this from your paycheck unless we have an exemption form (including proof that it is being taken out at another job) on file.
Central Warehouse, Hazleton, and Wilkes-Barre Stores Only:
Employees earning less than $12,000 for the year:
Exemptions apply to the $52.00 tax for employees who will earn less than $12,000 in 2025. Please follow the above instructions for printing out the LST exemption form.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY CALL ME AT 570-778-4782 OR SEND AN EMAIL TO delann@countryjunction.com.