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PA HB1287

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases the poverty income threshold for personal income tax forgiveness from $6,500 to $10,000 for single claimants and from $13,000 to $20,000 for married couples filing jointly
  • Provides an additional income allowance of $9,500 for each dependent of the claimant
  • Establishes automatic annual cost-of-living adjustments to poverty income thresholds based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland area
  • Prohibits decreases to poverty income thresholds if CPI-U shows negative percentage change
  • Takes effect 60 days after enactment

Legislative Description

In personal income tax, further providing for special tax provisions for poverty.

Last Action

Referred to Finance

4/22/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance4/22/2025

Full Bill Text

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