Local Taxes & Fees in Reading, PA (2026)
1 verified local taxes & fees rules for Reading, Pennsylvania, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
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Business Tax Classification
Reading taxes gross receipts of every business at 1.5 mills, but drops to 1 mill for wholesale dealers and vendors on their wholesale sales.
Reading Business Privilege Tax Rates
Some RestrictionsReading Codified Ordinances § 549-403(A)
The rate of the tax on each dollar volume of gross annual receipts of every person engaged in occupations or business in the City shall be 1 1/2 mills; 1 1/2 mills shall mean $1.50 per $1,000 volume of gross annual receipts, except that the rate of the tax on each dollar volume of gross annual receipts by wholesale dealers or wholesale vendors engaged in business in the City shall be one mill. ...
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