PRINTER'S NO. 1791
No. 1492 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY FAIRCHILD, MANN, ADOLPH, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BARRAR, BROWNE, L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN, COLAFELLA, COSTA, COY, DEMPSEY, DeWEESE, EGOLF, FARGO, FICHTER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, LYNCH, MASLAND, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, S. MILLER, MYERS, ORIE, PESCI, PETRARCA, PLATTS, RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SCHRODER, SEMMEL, SERAFINI, SEYFERT, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STEELMAN, STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO, TRICH, VAN HORNE, WILLIAMS AND ZUG, MAY 11, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MAY 11, 1999
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An 2 act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying 3 and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing 4 taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment, 5 collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing 6 for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and 7 imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain 8 employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations 9 and other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and 10 penalties," authorizing the offsetting of gains and losses 11 among the various classes of income. 12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 13 hereby enacts as follows: 14 Section 1. Section 303(a) introductory paragraph of the act 15 of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 16 1971, added August 31, 1971 (P.L.362, No.93), is amended and the 17 section is amended by adding a subsection to read: 18 Section 303. Classes of Income.--(a) The classes of income
1 [referred to above] are as follows: 2 * * * 3 (a.1) (1) Subject to the limitation under paragraph (2), 4 for the tax year beginning January 1, 1999, and each tax year 5 thereafter, a taxpayer may offset the gains or losses within one 6 class of income with the gains or losses occurring within 7 another class of income. 8 (2) Gains or losses under subsection (a)(7) shall be limited 9 solely to that class of income. Losses within that particular 10 class of income may not be used to offset any gain in any other 11 class of income. 12 * * * 13 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. B26L72RZ/19990H1492B1791 - 2 -