Pennsylvania now characterizes advanced recycling of plastics as manufacturing to promote the reuse of plastics under HB 1808 which became Act 127 of 2020 (the “Act”). The Act amends the Solid Waste Management Act, 35 P.S.§§ 6018.101 et seq. (the “Code”) by changing references to Department of Environmental Resources to Department of Environmental Protection and […]
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Pennsylvania now provides a state tax credit of up to 50% of a taxpayer’s qualified tax liability for a single taxable year (the “State Credit”) under Act 107 of 2020 (the “Act”). The Act amends the Tax Reform Code of 1971, 72 P.S.§§ 7101 et seq. (the “Code”) by adding a new Article XIX-G. The
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Pennsylvania now provides exceptions to the cap on taxes that a municipality may impose if it has a home rule charter or is financially distressed under the new language of Act No. 76 of 2020 (the “Act”). The Act amends the Local Tax Enabling Act (“Act 511”) to (a) prohibit an amusement or admissions tax
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Can you imagine that pharmacies and pharmacists have been restrained from providing information about the cost to insured individuals of prescribed medicines, from suggesting more affordable alternatives and selling those alternative medicines? Following the adoption of HB 943 (“Act 67”) and federal legislation, pharmacies and pharmacists in Pennsylvania may provide cost information to insured individuals
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What are your electronic assets? They might include (1) written, video or sound data stored on your digital device, the cloud or another platform, (2) social media data, (3) financial assets reflected on electronic account statements, cryptocurrency such as bitcoin, and other accounts such as PayPal, (4) business data such as copyrights, trade secrets and
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Pennsylvania addressed health care costs and emergency authorizations during the current corona virus pandemic by enacting Act No. 15 of 2020 (the “Act”). The Act (a) reauthorizes the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (“PHC4”); and (b) (1) authorizes taxing districts to defer real property tax payment deadlines, (2) extends the time for donors to
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Business closures in Pennsylvania following the COVID-19 pandemic will likely affect the performance of contracts to which you are a party. In a series of executive orders, Governor Wolf declared a disaster emergency in Pennsylvania and issued advisory, then mandatory, closures of businesses and other organizations. Other states and foreign nations have ordered various closures
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Pennsylvania electors may now vote without travelling to their polling places as part of historic updates to the Election Code of 1937 (the “Election Code”) under Act No. 77 of 2019 (the “Act”). Those updates include mail-in ballots, financial assistance to Counties to purchase or lease verifiable paper trail election apparatuses, revisions to absentee ballot
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Pennsylvania has limited interest that accrues on its capital debt obligations by enacting Act 43 of 2019 (the Act”) which requires principal payments to be made in equal annual maturities. This plan requires an equal amount of principal to be included in each payment over the life of an obligation. The Act removes a prior
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Pennsylvania has reduced barriers to occupational licensure for new residents of the Commonwealth by enacting Act 41 of 2019 (the Act”) which allows state boards and commissions of licensure (“Boards”) under the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (“Bureau”) to authorize endorsement based on out-of-state credentials. The Act continues a trend to make Pennsylvania open
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