Bethlehem Rental Property Tax Registration
I'm sure more experienced investors know about this already but I know I would have found this information useful when I closed on my first rental property in June. Hopefully someone else finds this useful too.
I found out today that in the city of Bethlehem rental properties must be registered with the tax department. Here are my notes from the conversation I had with them.
Rentals are taxed as businesses in Bethlehem, even if they are individually owned (i.e. not in an LLC).
Currently the tax is $1.50 per $1000 of income.
The tax is due by May 1st and is administered by Tri-State Financial Group.
The fee for registration is $25 per parcel, not per unit.
The form is online at http://bethlehem-pa.gov/admin/tax.html and it is called "Business Registration/Mercantile License Application".
The direct phone number for the tax department is 6108657022.
Have I missed anything?