Addressing the State's Most Trying Fiscal Challenges
The PICPA’s Fiscal Responsibility Task Force develops reports designed to help our state's policymakers overcome fiscal challenges. The 2021 document provides a sweeping analysis of Pennsylvania tax issues and offers recommendations for improving the Department of Human Services and public education.
Chairs Discuss Latest Report
Suzanne Leighton, CPA
Chair - Fiscal Responsibility Task Force
Cheri Freeh, CPA, CGMA
Chair - Public Education Section
Cindy Bergvall, CPA
Department of Human Services Section
PICPA Guiding Principles of Good Tax Policy
The legislative process is unpredictable. Every year, as part of the budget process, our state lawmakers typically consider changes to Pennsylvania’s tax systems. Any suggestion for modifying tax rules – whether major or minor – raises the question of how to best analyze and compare proposals. That's where we can help.
The PICPA recommends these 12 points – The Guiding Principles of Good Tax Policy – for analyzing tax change proposals. The principles herein were developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Fundamental Tax Reform Task Force, with input from its Tax Policy and Simplification Committee and Tax Legislation and Policy Committee.
