Legislative Update Newsletter

In this issue: Final Phase-Out of PA Capital Stock and Franchise Tax; Scarnati Sworn in as Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore; Legislation Ensures Senior Access to Prescriptions ; and more.

In this issue: Wolf Line-Item Vetoes Budget Proposal; Treasury Plans to Expedite Payments; Welfare Code Bill Signed into Law; and more.

In this issue: Senate Sends Spending Bill to Governor’s Desk; Governor Directs Department to Send EITC Letters; Court Rules Township’s BPT Applicable to Rental Income; and more

In this issue: PA Budget Framework Hits Major Snag; PICPA Urges Congress to Reject DOL Regulation; PA Children’s Health Insurance Measure Heads to Governor; and more.

In this issue: PA House, Senate Approve Competing Budgets; Report Details Cost Savings through Mergers in School Health Care Plans; PA Fiscal Office Releases Long-Term Economic and Budget Outlook; and more.

In this issue: Pa. Budget Impasse Heads into Critical Weekend; County Pension Reform becomes Law; Senate Prepares Next Steps Following AG Report; and more

In this issue: Sales Tax Expansion Measure Narrowly Fails in Senate; A Look at the Post-Holiday Week in the Capital; Wolf Nominates Three to Accountancy Board; and more.

In this issue: Vote on Sales Tax Expansion to Include Accounting; PICPA Testifies on Charitable Purpose Law; Coalition Applauds Passage of Municipal Pension Bill; and more.

In this issue: Wolf, Lawmakers Announce Framework on Budget Deal; PICPA Opens Discussion with DOR, Vendors on Tax Forms; Bill to Extend Enhanced Revenue-Collection Program; and more.

In this issue: PICPA Attends IRS Stakeholders Meeting, Election Results: Democrats Capture Supreme Court, Republicans Gain a Seat in State Senate, and more.

In this issue: Gov. Wolf Meets with the PICPA, Pa. Senate Budget Veto Override Fails, Report Says Borrowing by Pa. School Districts at $431 Million, and more.

Inside this issue: Moody's Weighs in on Pennsylvania Budget Impasse; House Committee Approves Business Entity Law Modernization Plan; Continuing Education Bill Reported from House Committee; and more.

In this issue: PICPA Holds Annual Q&A with Dept. of Revenue, Senate Returns to Session; Budget Impasse on Cruise Control, Medical Cannabis Report Reviewed by House, and more.

In this article: PICPA Urges State House Committee to Take Up EIT Measure; State House Rejects Gov. Wolf’s Tax Proposal; Bill Would Establish Commerce Courts in Pennsylvania; and more.

In this issue: PA State Senate Returns to Budget Impasse; PICPA Testifies Before PA House; DOL Proposal Burdensome; GASB to Reexamine Financial Statements; and more.

In this issue: Pennsylvania House Budget Veto Override Fails; PA Lawmakers Introduce Competitiveness Initiatives; DOL Changes to Overtime Rules; and more.

In this issue: Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Heads into September; New Tax Due Dates, More Logical Information Flow; PA Senators Target Wasteful Spending; and more.

In this issue: No End in Sight for State Budget Stalemate; PICPA Submits Comments to the Board of Finance and Revenue; Gov. Wolf Announces Staff Changes as McGinty Departs; Republican House Lawmaker Proposes Alternative Budget; and more.

In this issue: Wolf Vetoes Republican-Approved Budget Municipal Pension Task Force Offers Recommendations, Reforms House Approves Bill to Measure Effectiveness of Government Programs And More

In this issue: Measure to Increase Corporate Income Tax Fairness Advances to Senate Budget Stalemate Continues as July 1 Deadline Approaches Senate Democrats Unveil Property Tax Relief Proposal And More