Finance Committee Meeting
July 15, 2009
Postponed to the call of the chair

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1. Senate Bill 918 (Eichelberger):  Amends Title 53, consolidating the County Assessment Law.  Adds chapter 88, The Consolidated County Assessment Law.  This chapter does not apply to Philadelphia or Allegheny County except for the provisions relating to the valuation of real property used for the purpose of wind energy production.  The consolidated law substantially reenacts the language in the General County Assessment Law, the Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law, and the Third Class County Assessment Board Law pertaining to the subjects of local taxation, and exemptions from taxation, and the method by which property is valued and assessed for taxation purposes.
    
   • Senate Bill 918 - Consolidated Assessment Law
      
2. Senate Bill 952 (Tomlinson):  Amends the Tax Reform code, further providing for additions to tax.  Eliminated penalties and interest for taxpayers who make estimated tax payments equal to the amount of the taxpayer’s liability for the preceding tax year.  This would allow PA taxpayers to estimate their tax payments in a manner similar to that which is allowed for Federal income taxes.
    
3. Senate Bill 953 (Tomlinson):  Amends the Tax Reform Code, further providing for income tax returns.  Provides that a surviving spouse may file a joint return for the year in which his or her spouse died if a joint return could have been filed if both spouses were living for the entire taxable year.
    
   • Amendment A02724 (Browne):  Extends the language to make Senate Bill 953 parallel to and consistent with Internal Revenue Code §6013, relating to joint returns of income tax by husband and wife.