2026 Township business licenses were emailed and mailed on April 15, 2026.  The sender for these emails is divcodata@divcostatement.com.  If your account is not up to date on all prior Township taxes and fees, you will receive an ineligibility letter listing the outstanding items.

Business Privilege/Mercantile and Local Services tax returns for tax years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 can now be filed electronically through the PA LITE portal.  When filing electronically through the portal, payments must be made via ACH.  

If you would like to register to efile your Township business privilege/mercantile tax returns, please email businesstax@lowermerion.org.   Please provide your Township tax account number and business name.  You will receive a welcome email with your log in information and instructions for accessing the portal. 

The Township can email copies of tax forms and other mailings.  If you choose to receive email notices, paper copies will not be mailed.   If you would like to add or update the email address on your Township tax account please email businesstax@lowermerion.org

 Register a New Business

• Application for License (Use this form to apply for a new account for all Township taxes including LST)
• Application for Business License for Rental Property
• Welcome Letter for New Businesses

For license/registration related issues, contact:   (610) 645-6142  or businesslicense@lowermerion.org

2025 Business Privilege/Mercantile Tax Form 

• 2025 Business Privilege/Mercantile Tax Form
• Instructions

 2024 Business Privilege/Mercantile Tax Form

• Instructions

• 2024 Business Privilege/Mercantile Tax Form

Prior Year Business Privilege/Mercantile Tax Forms

• Prior Year Business Privilege/Mercantile Tax Forms

Local Services and other tax forms

• Local Services Tax (LST) Forms
• Local Service Tax Refund Application
• Local Services Tax Regulations
• Emergency and Municipal Services Tax (EMST) Forms
• Occupational Privilege Tax Forms
• OPT Substitute Form (Tax years 1978 to 2004) (Calculating form for multiple tax years)
• EMST/LST Substitute Form (Tax years after 2005) Calculating form for multiple tax years)

Business tax regulations and other information

• Business Privilege and Mercantile License Tax Regulations
• Petition for Administrative Appeal
• Taxpayers Bill of Rights Disclosure Statement

If you have a question regarding Business licensing or registration please email businesslicense@lowermerion.org. If you have questions related to other Township business tax issues please email businesstax@lowermerion.org.  You can also call the business tax hotline at 610-645-6142 and select the appropriate option from the menu. Due to the confidential nature of business tax information these are the only contacts that should be used for Business Tax and licensing related issues.  The Township Treasurer's office which answers the tax collector email has no role in the collection of business taxes. 

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