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What do vitamins, chef hats, pony rides, silos, candy apples, shoulder pads, cable TV, and hemp diapers all have in common? In Pennsylvania, they're exempt from the state's sales tax.

Many services are subject to Pennsylvania's 6% sales tax rate: Lobbying services. Adjustment, collection, or credit reporting services. Secretarial or editing services. Employment agency services. Help supply services. Disinfecting or pest control services. Building maintenance or cleaning services. Lawn care services.

What Income Is Exempt in Pennsylvania? Capital gains from the sale of a principal residence for those who satisfy ownership and use requirements2. Personal use of employer-owned property. Child support. Alimony. Social security benefits, public and private pensions, and IRA distributions.

Effective January 1, 1992, the following services are not taxable: the interior painting, wallpapering and application of other like coverings to walls, ceilings or floors; the exterior painting of buildings; and maintaining, cleaning, or repairing of boilers, furnaces or parts thereof.

Generally, professional services are not taxable in Pennsylvania. However, editing services are taxable. Editing is defined by the state as ?services performed upon written material, film, videos and audio tape, including altering, adapting, refining, proofreading or confirming.

Also, note that lawn care services are subject to sales tax. Landscape maintenance and lawn care companies performing lawn care services must collect and remit sales tax on these services. See the Pennsylvania Code for more detailed information on what is and isn't taxable when it comes to lawn care services.