Pat Browne Co-Sponsored (Introduced) this Legislation.
Title: Authorizes Emergency Finances and Tax Provisions in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency
Signed by Governor Tom Wolf
Title: Authorizes Emergency Finances and Tax Provisions in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency
Title: Authorizes Emergency Finances and Tax Provisions in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency
Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes emergency finance and tax provisions, and provides for COVID-19 response transfers and for the Enhance Revenue Collection Account.
Establishes temporary authority to the Department of Revenue in order to deal with state taxation during the disaster emergency announced by the Governors March 6, 2020 proclamation (Sec. 1).
Specifies that during the disaster emergency the department shall extend the filing and payment tax return deadlines known under the Tax Reform Code of 1971 (Sec. 1).
Requires the department to disregard the period of April 14, 2020 through July 16, 2020 in their calculation of interest (Sec. 1).
Appropriates $50 million in special funds from the Governor’s jurisdiction to a restricted account in order to acquire medical equipment and supplies for health care entities to meet urgent patient and staff needs to address surge demand (Sec. 1.2).
Defines “health care entities” to mean the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 1.2):
Hospitals;
Nursing facilities; and
Emergency medical services.
Establishes that the funds shall be transferred by the Secretary of the Budget into a restricted account within the general fund of the State Treasury and prohibits any funds transferring that would result in a deficit in any of the funds (Sec. 1.2).
Title: Authorizes Emergency Finances and Tax Provisions in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency
Title: Authorizes Emergency Finances and Tax Provisions in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency