Call them tomorrow and they can explain what's going on and what you need to do.

I have ignored those letters for the entire 15 years ive lived in the city and have had zero repercussions.

You are an actual hero

I thought they were a scam so I've ignored them, now I'm curious

I thought they were a

Scam so I've ignored them,

Now I'm curious

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Same.

I was wrong, nothing to see here

What does the IRS say about your 2021 return? They're the important ones.

Had this once, they needed an additional document as proof of back pay.

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Joke's on you (sort of), the taxes are almost certainly already collected anyway

So is it necessary to file that little form they send you every year, if you’re filing state/federal taxes already. I’m a little confused what this even is

Technically it is required, but the tax is so simple and easy to levy that the money is collected from most people without it. If you've changed jobs, have back pay, or some other unique situation, then it may be more important.

Jordan Tax Service is the company the city uses to collect taxes.

Keystone Collections for boroughs within Allegheny County.

This topic comes up every year.

Jordan tax collects local tax. It ranges from 1%-1.4 percent depending on where you live. I believe the city is 3 percent which is a crime. Typically your employers are required to hold it out of your paycheck unless you work for the Federal govt. They have access to State returns so if something was left off of the local but reported to the State it can cause problems.

Moving here from another state that does not bother with local tax reconciliation, I was so confused why I had to report my income to a THIRD entity. It is so dumb.

The city is 3%, 1 to the city and 2 to the schools district.

It's silly because for probably 95% of people they already have all the info they need. It would be nice if they could only reach out to those who actually need to submit for whatever complicated reason, which would reduce confusion for everyone else. But I think that would require the state transmitting tax info back down to the municipal level, which would be pretty complicated. Everyone complains about JTS but honestly I think it's relatively straightforward to deal with them in most cases.

It's so straightforward that local tax should just be a part of PA-40 income tax return.

Essential government services (especially not those services with access to citizens' most private financial data and the greatest ability to make citizens' lives hell) should not just be outsourced to the lowest bidder.

I'm not opposed to that, but it still requires municipality-level management of some kind

Wrong. There’e more than one type of income tax. IRS only applied to Federal tax.

You are right, this is for the city.

Kudos to you for being the first person in the history of Reddit to do this!