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Committee hears bill to exempt Holocaust reparations from state income tax
Summary
House Bill 416 would exempt reparations received by Holocaust survivors (and in some cases heirs) from Pennsylvania personal income tax; committee heard survivor-family testimony and members signaled support to move the bill in a future meeting.
The House Finance Committee heard testimony in favor of House Bill 416, which would exempt restitution or reparations paid by the German government to Holocaust survivors and, in some cases, their heirs, from Pennsylvania personal income tax.
Representative Ben Waxman, sponsor of the bill, told the committee Pennsylvania is currently one of four states that tax these kinds of reparations and that the proposed amendment to the tax code would match federal treatment and most other states. “This legislation . . . is a way for us to…
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