2021-2022 Regular SessionPennsylvania Legislature

HB952: In sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax; in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income, for withholding tax requirement for nonemployer payors, for information statement for nonemployer payors and for information statement for payees, providing for electronic payment, further providing for requirements concerning returns, notices, records and statements and for additions, penalties and fees; in corporate net income tax, further providing for definitions; in bank and trust company shares tax, further providing for definitions; in realty transfer tax, correcting a scrivener's error relating to credits against tax; in tax credit eligibility, further providing for definitions and for eligibility and providing for application and administration, for assessment, for administering agency training, for broker registration, for tax credit and tax benefit reports, for allocation of tax credits or tax benefits awarded upon appeal and for guidelines; in research and development tax credit, further providing for credit for research and development expenses, for carryover, carryback, refund and assignment of credit and for report to General Assembly; in entertainment production tax credit, further providing for definitions, for credit for qualified film production expenses, for reissuance of film production tax credits, for definitions and for limitations and providing for Pennsylvania live events industry COVID-19 emergency assistance; further providing for application and approval of tax credit; in keystone opportunity zones, keystone opportunity expansion zones and keystone opportunity improvement zones, providing for extension for keystone opportunity expansion zone and further providing for additional keystone opportunity expansion zones; in mixed-use development tax credit, further providing for mixed-use development tax credits; in keystone innovations zones, further providing for keystone innovation zone tax credits and for annual report; in Pennsylvania Housing Tax Credit, further providing for Pennsylvania Housing Tax Credit and for annual report; in table game taxes, repealing provisions relating to expiration; in procedure and administration, further providing for petition for reassessment, for petition procedure and for review by board; in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for definitions and providing for applicability and for sales and use tax exemption program; in general provisions, further providing for bad checks, electronic funds transfers not credited upon transmission, additions to tax; imposing duties on the Department of Revenue; and making editorial changes.

Legislative Summary

An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax; in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income, for withholding tax requirement for nonemployer payors, for information statement for nonemployer payors and for information statement for payees, providing for electronic payment, further providing for requirements concerning returns, notices, records and statements and for additions, penalties and fees; in corporate net income tax, further providing for definitions; in bank and trust company shares tax, further providing for definitions; in realty transfer tax, correcting a scrivener's error relating to credits against tax; in tax credit eligibility, further providing for definitions and for eligibility and providing for application and administration, for assessment, for administering agency training, for broker registration, for tax credit and tax benefit reports, for allocation of tax credits or tax benefits awarded upon appeal and for guidelines; in research and development tax credit, further providing for credit for research and development expenses, for carryover, carryback, refund and assignment of credit and for report to General Assembly; in entertainment production tax credit, further providing for definitions, for credit for qualified film production expenses, for reissuance of film production tax credits, for definitions and for limitations and providing for Pennsylvania live events industry COVID-19 emergency assistance; further providing for application and approval of tax credit; in keystone opportunity zones, keystone opportunity expansion zones and keystone opportunity improvement zones, providing for extension for keystone opportunity expansion zone and further providing for additional keystone opportunity expansion zones; in mixed-use development tax credit, further providing for mixed-use development tax credits; in keystone innovations zones, further providing for keystone innovation zone tax credits and for annual report; in Pennsylvania Housing Tax Credit, further providing for Pennsylvania Housing Tax Credit and for annual report; in table game taxes, repealing provisions relating to expiration; in procedure and administration, further providing for petition for reassessment, for petition procedure and for review by board; in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for definitions and providing for applicability and for sales and use tax exemption program; in general provisions, further providing for bad checks, electronic funds transfers not credited upon transmission, additions to tax; imposing duties on the Department of Revenue; and making editorial changes.

Bill History

3/17/2021
Referred to FINANCE
House of Representatives
4/20/2021
Reported as amended
House of Representatives
4/20/2021
First consideration
House of Representatives
4/20/2021
Laid on the table
House of Representatives
4/21/2021
Removed from table
House of Representatives
5/5/2021
Second consideration
House of Representatives
5/5/2021
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
House of Representatives
6/8/2021
Re-reported as committed
House of Representatives
6/8/2021
Third consideration and final passage (177-26)
House of Representatives
6/8/2021
In the Senate
Senate
6/9/2021
Referred to FINANCE
Senate
6/14/2021
Reported as committed
Senate
6/14/2021
First consideration
Senate
6/15/2021
Second consideration
Senate
6/15/2021
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
Senate
6/25/2021
Re-reported as amended
Senate
6/25/2021
Third consideration and final passage (46-4)
Senate
6/25/2021
In the House
House of Representatives
6/25/2021
Referred to RULES
House of Representatives
6/25/2021
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
House of Representatives
6/25/2021
House concurred in Senate amendments (170-31)
House of Representatives
6/25/2021
Signed in House
House of Representatives
6/25/2021
Signed in Senate
House of Representatives
6/28/2021
Presented to the Governor
House of Representatives
6/30/2021
Approved by the Governor
House of Representatives
6/30/2021
Act No. 25 of 2021
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

Senate Appropriations: Re-Reported as Amended
6/25/2021
23
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Floor: HB 952 PN 1934, Final Passage
6/25/2021
46
Yea
4
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Floor: HB 952 PN 1934, CONCUR
6/25/2021
170
Yea
31
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Rules: Re-report Bill As Committed
6/25/2021
33
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Finance: Reported as Committed
6/14/2021
10
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Appropriations: Re-report Bill As Committed
6/8/2021
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Floor: HB 952 PN 1310, FP
6/8/2021
177
Yea
26
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Finance: Adopt Amendment A00738
4/20/2021
25
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Finance: Report Bill As Amended
4/20/2021
22
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Finance: Adopt Amendment A00763
4/20/2021
9
Yea
16
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: FAILED
House Finance: Adopt Amendment A00752
4/20/2021
9
Yea
16
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: FAILED