Pa. Senate Panel Backs Bill that Would Limit Inheritance Tax

Living organ donors could get $10k tax deduction under Pa. bill

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state senators aligned behind a bill proposal that would create a $10,000 tax deduction for living organ donors to cover unreimbursed expenses.

Pa. senators mull inheritance tax cut, deductions for organ donors

The Pennsylvania Capitol rotunda. (Photo by Peter Hall/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)Two bills that would cut taxes for Pennsylvanians in two very different circumstances advanced through a state Senate panel on Wednesday.  One would allow living organ donors to deduct costs related to their donation. While employers across the state are allowed to claim tax deductions for time off offered to living organ donors, donors themselves receive no such be…

Pa. Senate panel backs bill that would limit inheritance tax

HARRISBURG — Up to $100,000 in assets passed down from a deceased relative to their kin would be exempt from Pennsylvania’s inheritance tax under a bill that advanced Wednesday within the state Senate.