West Brandywine Township, Pennsylvania local income tax

Chester County · tax year 2026

1.125% resident earned income tax

0.625% goes to West Brandywine and 0.5% to Coatesville Area School District. People who work in West Brandywine but live elsewhere owe a nonresident rate of 1%.

PSD code
150208
for Form W-2 and withholding
Nonresident EIT
1%
Local services tax
$52
a year; exempt under $12,000
Population
8,131
Census estimate, 2025

Rates and collector

PSD codeResident EITNonresidentLSTEIT collector
1502081.125%1%$52Keystone Collections Group
(724) 978-0300

West Brandywine is in the Coatesville Area School District and the Chester Tax Collection District. Collector website: www.keystonecollects.com.

What employers withhold

Pennsylvania employers withhold local earned income tax at the higher of two rates: the total resident rate where the employee lives, or the nonresident rate where they work. For someone who lives and works in West Brandywine, that's 1.125%: about $563 a year on $50,000 of wages. Report the employee's PSD code on Form W-2 and on the quarterly return to the collector.

The local services tax (LST) of $52 a year is withheld from people who work in West Brandywine, usually in equal amounts each pay period, unless the employee expects to earn less than $12,000 here this year.

Pennsylvania's Act 32 rules: DCED local withholding tax FAQs.

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Sources

We copy figures from official sources and re-check them against the source before every update. See our methodology. This is general information, not legal advice.