Board previews 90-day tax amnesty proposal for Feb. 12 agenda
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Summary
The McKeesport Area SD will consider a 90-day real estate tax amnesty at its Feb. 12 meeting; trustees said penalties and interest would be waived for eligible delinquent taxpayers and recalled prior programs that generated significant revenue.
The McKeesport Area SD board on Feb. 5 previewed placing a 90-day tax amnesty program on the Feb. 12 agenda that would allow delinquent real estate taxpayers to pay outstanding principal while having penalties and interest waived.
Speaker 1 described the proposal as a chance for eligible taxpayers to get current and said one benefit is an influx of funds from those who pay. The board referenced earlier implementations (noted by Speaker 1 as occurring in 2000 and 2021) and several members recalled that a prior amnesty generated substantial revenue; participants in the discussion mentioned figures of roughly $1,000,000 to $1,200,000 collected over a 90-day period in a prior year. Those numbers were offered as recollections during the meeting and are not documented in administrative materials presented in the transcript.
No formal vote on the amnesty was taken on Feb. 5; the item was placed on next week’s agenda for formal consideration and any decision would be recorded at that subsequent meeting.
