Pennsylvania Tax Agency Opposes SALT Workaround, Appeals Revamp

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue opposed several tax bills that advanced to the state Senate floor Wednesday, including one creating a workaround to the federal cap on state and local tax deductions and another overhauling the tax appeal process.

Ahead of a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday on six tax bills in total, the revenue department told lawmakers that it opposes SB 659, which would let partnerships and S corporations choose to pay the commonwealth’s 3.07% income tax at the entity level, rather than passing that income on to individual owners to pay taxes on. Individuals could then claim credits ...