First midstate non-profit collection agency to offer local tax filings online

Harrisburg, PA – Taxpayers served by the Capital Tax Collection Bureau (CapTax) can now file their local Earned Income(EIT) and Net Profit (NP) Taxes online at www.captax.com, Executive Director Joshua Vecchio today announced.  The new online filing service allows taxpayers to fill out their 2008 tax form online, and pay any outstanding taxes due via credit card or payment voucher. 

Vecchio said the new online service is designed to make filing and paying EIT’s and NP’s easier and more convenient for taxpayers, who previously have had to fill out paper forms and write checks for the payment of any taxes due.  The online filing service also allows taxpayers to use their credit cards to make any payments due, which creates faster tax payments and reduces the number of delinquent taxpayers.   

“Online filing is a substantial new service being offered to taxpayers residing within CapTax’s 67 member municipalities and school districts,” said Vecchio.  “We are the only midstate non-profit tax collection agency to offer online filing, and it is already a hit with our taxpayers.  Since the new online filing service went live two weeks ago, nearly 4,500 returns have already been filed.  It is a phenomenal response, and we haven’t even announced it to the public yet.”

Vecchio noted that the new service will also save CapTax time and resources, as staff who previously handled the paper forms are now free to do other work.  “While providing greater and more convenient service for our taxpayers is our primary intent,” said Vecchio, “we will also accrue benefits to the Bureau in the form of reduced operating costs, with those savings possibly passed on to our members.”

Vecchio said the Bureau is undergoing a number of additional technology upgrades and improvements, including the installation of new printing machines to print all tax forms in-house, the addition of new sorting machinery that will speed taxform mailings, and a complete revamping of the Bureau’s website into a more user-friendly online filing service. 

“CapTax is moving forward with these changes and improvements to better serve our members and their taxpayers, and to stay competitive in the upcoming ACT 32 world of local tax collections,” concluded Vecchio.