He asked city council and state overseers to consider seeking state approval for a 20 percent cut in the payroll preparation tax, now 0.55 percent of for-profit employers' payrolls, but broadening that tax to include the growing nonprofit sector, which includes hospitals, universities and some insurers...
Lowering the rate to 0.44 percent, but broadening it to include nonprofit organizations, would boost the city's take from the tax from around $45 million to $50 million or $55 million, he said, solving the city's projected future shortfalls. That estimate suggests that nonprofit institutions would be paying $9 million to $14 million annually under the new scenario, but only some of that would be new money because of the lower rate for everyone.
Pittsburgh may consider payroll tax for nonprofits