Finance/Taxes

TAX COLLECTION

LMBT Millage Rate for General Purposes is 5.7
LMBT Millage Rate for Fire Prevention is 2.0
The Lower Mount Bethel Township Tax Collector is Regina Marinelli. Her office is located at 6574 South Delaware Drive (building next to the post office).

Regina collects the Lower Mount Bethel Township Real Estate Tax and may be reached at:
(610) 462-1414
(610) 250-0935 (fax)
Email: lmbttax@ptd.net

EASTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX
Millage Rate is 67.990
The Easton Area School District Real Estate is collected by Regina Marinelli.

BANGOR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX
Millage Rate is 56.36
The Bangor Area School District Real Estate is collected by Regina Marinelli.

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY TAX
Millage Rate is 10.8
The Northampton County Real Estate Taxes are paid directly to Northampton County. If you have any questions on your tax bill, please contact the County at (610) 559-3000.

EARNED INCOME TAX (EIT):
The local Earned Income Tax is collected by Keystone Collections Group as of January 1, 2012. This tax is paid by all residents of the Township who are currently working. If your place of employment is not withholding this tax, please visit their web site at the: Keystone Collections Group

Keystone Collections Group has a phone line dedicated exclusively to taxpayer inquiries during the local earned income tax filing season which is 1-866-539-1100.

EIT Ordinance 2011-06

Beginning January 1st, 2007, all residents of Lower Mount Bethel Township will pay an additional earned income tax of .25% for the purposes of preserving open space.

The total Earned Income Tax including Open Space is as follows:

Easton School District - 1.25%
Breakdown:
.50% - school
.50% - township
.25% - open space

Bangor School District - 1.45%
Breakdown:
.70% - school
.50% - township
.25% - open space

LOCAL SERVICES TAX (LST)
Effective April 1, 2019, the Local Services Tax is collected by Keystone Collections Group. The Local Services Tax is $52 per person per year for individuals employed within Lower Mount Bethel Township.

A person may be exempt from this tax if:

they earn less than $12,000 per year.
they served in any war or armed conflict in which the United States was engaged and is honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service if, as a result of military service, the person is blind, paraplegic or a double or quadruple amputee or has a service-connected disability declared by the U.S. Veterans’ Administration.
they served as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces and is called to active duty at any time during the taxable year.

For additional information, please see Ordinance 2008-01.

Keystone Collections Group
546 Wendel Road
Irwin, PA 15642
1-888-519-3897
www.keystonecollects.com

Lower Mount Bethel Adopted Budgets

ELECTED AUDITORS:
Elaine Pivinski, Chairwoman
Joe Guest, Vice-chairman
Laura Hackenburg