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The School Property Tax Elimination Act (SPTEA)

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Features

Personal SPTEA Calculator
Excel calculator to see your tax savings under House Bill 1275, the School Property Tax Elimination Act. Now includes calculations for Philadelphia property tax reduction!

Individual SPTEA Petition
Sign a petition to demonstrate your support of the SPTEA. Print extra copies for your friends, family, and neighbors so they can show their support, too!
Download the petition as a PDF file here.

SPTEA Promo Pack
A downloadable collection of materials and ideas that you can use to help spread the word and increase support for the School Property Tax Elimination Act.

Why school property taxes need to be eliminated!
Two excellent essays on the fallacy of property taxes for education funding.

Voice your opinion!
Visit the new PTCC Blog to add your thoughts and suggestions to recent PTCC updates.

The Pennsylvania Coalition of Taxpayer Associations
Working together for equitable education funding reform



PCTA, the Pennsylvania Coalition of Taxpayer Associations, is an alliance of twenty-nine Pennsylvania taxpayer advocacy groups that span the entire Commonwealth and represent tens of thousands of taxpayers. The PCTA is dedicated to the support of House Bill 1275, the School Property Tax Elimination Act, legislation that will abolish school property taxes in Pennsylvania and will equitably replace a broken education finance system.



 

PCTA Member Groups

AVCANS (Allegheny Valley Citizens Against New School)
Allegheny County
Contact: Jim Drummond, avcans@live.com
OWEN J. ROBERTS TAXPAYERS' ASSOCIATION
Chester County
Contact: Gene Endress, ojrdistaxgrp@gmail.com
BRADFORD COUNTY CONCERNED CITIZENS
Bradford County
Contact: Vic Lawson, bradfordctyconcernedcitizens@gmail.com
OXFORD AREA TAXPAYERS ALLIANCE
Chester County
Contact: Joe Scheese, See e-mail link on group's website
CENTRAL BUCKS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
Bucks County
Contact: Joe Gable, jjgable@comcast.net
PENNRIDGE COMMUNITY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
Bucks County
Contact: Jean Bolger, nanabolger@yahoo.com
CHESCO TAXPAYER ALERT
Chester CountY
Contact: Liz Muirhead, CTALiz@verizon.net
PENNSYLVANIA TAXPAYERS CYBER COALITION
Berks County/Statewide
Contact: David Baldinger, pataxpayers@gmail.com
CHES-LAN ANTI SCHOOL TAX PAYERS ASSOCIATION (CLASTA)
Chester/Lancaster Counties
Contact: John McCartney, johnjhere30@comcast.net
SCRANTON & LACKAWANNA COUNTY TAXPAYERS' & CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION, INC.
Lackawanna County
Contact: Ozzie Quinn, ozzie_quinn@yahoo.com
CITIZENS AGAINST HIGHER TAXES
Dauphin County/Statewide
Contact: James Broussard, caht99@aol.com
SOUTH EASTERN TAX REFORM COALITION
York County
Contact: Margie Lavin, info@setrc.net
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE EDUCATION
Allegheny County
Contact: Beatrice Browand, info@responsible-ed.org
STOP CITIZENS GROUP
Allegheny County
Contact: Bob Logue, ucblogue@verizon.net
COATESVILLE TAXPAYERS ALLIANCE
Chester County
STOP TEACHERS STRIKES
Bucks County/Statewide
Contact: Simon Campbell, SCampbell@stopteacherstrikes.org
DALLASTOWN AREA TAXPAYERS COALITION
York County
Contact: Nancy Delp, nadelp@earthlink.net
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION OF BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Berks County
Contact: Joan Falcone, joanfalcone@dejazzd.com
DANIEL BOONE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
Berks County
Contact: Helen Pool, nopropertytaxes@yahoo.com
THE PATRIOT'S VOICE
Luzerne/Columbia County
Contact: Rebecca Heller, bh1228@earthlink.net
DELAWARE COUNTY 55+ COALITION
Delaware County
Contact: Tony Santore, aasnazz@verizon.net
TAXPAYERS UNITED REFORM NEEDED (TURN)
Venango County
Contact: Gerry Wike, turn@myepath.com
ELVERSON TAXPAYERS FORUM
Chester County
Contact: Art Norek, hnorek@aol.com
TAXPAYER SURVIVAL GROUP
Columbia County
Contact: Dick Gotshall, dagotshall@netzero.net
FED UP
Beaver County
Contact: Bonnie Williams, cbrwilliams@zoominternet.net
TAX REFORM & ETHICS COMMITTEE (TREC)
Venengo County
Contact: Samuel Cross, Jr., ajc2@alltel.net
MORRISVILLE CITIZENS FOR QUALITY, SAFE, RESPONSIBLE EDUCATION
Bucks County
Contact: Sharon Hughes, president@morrisvillecitizens.com
YORK COUNTY TAXPAYERS COUNCIL
York County
Contact: Joel Sears, jsears@yctc.us
OLEY CONCERNED CITIZENS
Berks County
Contact: Al Jacobs, oleytaxpayers@hotmail.com