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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania excludes early domestic abuse retirement distributions from personal income tax
Last action · February 20, 2025: Referred to FINANCE, Feb. 20, 2025Sponsors: Ben Waxman and 7 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania excludes certain retirement plan distributions from personal income tax when withdrawn by individuals who self-certify as victims of domestic abuse within a five-year period, taking effect in 60 days.
Taxpayers who withdraw retirement funds early due to domestic abuse will not face state income tax on those distributions, provided they meet federal standards.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Victims of domestic abuse
Individuals who withdraw retirement funds early due to domestic abuse become eligible to exclude those distributions from state taxable compensation.
Key Facts
- The bill amends Section 301(d) of the Tax Reform Code of 1971 to exclude certain early retirement distributions from the definition of taxable compensation.
- The tax exemption applies to individuals who have not yet retired from service after reaching a specified age or stated period of employment.
- Claiming the exclusion requires the withdrawing individual to show, through a method of self-certification specified under 26 U.S.C. § 72, that they have been a victim of domestic abuse within the five-year period ending on the withdrawal date.
- Domestic abuse is defined to include physical, psychological, sexual, emotional, or economic abuse, as well as efforts to control, isolate, humiliate, or intimidate the victim.
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- The act takes effect in 60 days.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 20, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to FINANCE, Feb. 20, 2025
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