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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 360

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 325 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, WONDERLING,
           KASUNIC, O'PAKE, ORIE, COSTA, REGOLA, GREENLEAF, RHOADES AND
           FUMO, MARCH 12, 2007

        REFERRED TO FINANCE, MARCH 12, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Providing for tax credits to employers against their corporate
     2     net income tax liability for hiring employees 55 years of age
     3     or older for full-time employment.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6  Section 1.  Short title.
     7     This act shall be known and may be cited as the Continued
     8  Employment Tax Credit Act.
     9  Section 2.  Legislative intent.
    10     The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
    11         (1)  The public policy of this Commonwealth is to provide
    12     all its citizens with the opportunity to work.
    13         (2)  One obstacle to many is acquiring sustainable
    14     employment in a highly competitive job market.
    15         (3)  The Commonwealth wishes to acknowledge those
    16     businesses that consider the interests and needs of their
    17     employees.
    18         (4)  The policy stated in this section can be achieved by

     1     providing a tax credit against the corporate net income tax
     2     liability to employers who hire a full-time employee 55 years
     3     of age or older.
     4  Section 3.  Authorization of tax credit.
     5     Every taxpayer that is an employer engaged in a for-profit
     6  business enterprise and that hires a full-time employee who:
     7         (1)  is 55 years of age or older; and
     8         (2)  has not been employed during the one-year period
     9     prior to being hired by the taxpayer
    10  shall be eligible to receive a tax credit against any tax due
    11  from the employer under Article IV of the act of March 4, 1971
    12  (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, and against
    13  any payment of estimated tax or payment of tentative tax due
    14  from the employer on account of such taxes.
    15  Section 4.  Limitations on tax credits.
    16     Tax credits awarded under this act shall be subject to the
    17  following:
    18         (1)  Unused tax credits may be carried forward two years
    19     from the date they are awarded. If not used within this time
    20     period, the tax credits shall expire.
    21         (2)  Tax credits shall not be refundable.
    22         (3)  Tax credits shall not be transferable.
    23         (4)  Except in cases where an eligible employee
    24     voluntarily leaves the employment of the taxpayer, becomes
    25     disabled or is terminated for cause, no taxpayer shall be
    26     entitled to receive the tax credit if the employee is
    27     employed by the taxpayer for less than one year.
    28         (5)  If an eligible employee leaves the employment of the
    29     taxpayer voluntarily, becomes disabled or is terminated for
    30     cause in less than one year, the tax credit shall be reduced
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     1     by the proportion of the year not worked.
     2         (6)  Tax credits under Article IV of the act of March 4,
     3     1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971,
     4     shall be in lieu of any allowance for depreciation of
     5     property claimed and allowable under section 168 of the
     6     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. §
     7     168).
     8         (7)  The amount of the tax credit allowed shall not
     9     exceed the amount of the tax otherwise due from the employer
    10     for the taxable year.
    11  Section 5.  Amount of tax credit.
    12     For tax years beginning after January 1, 2007, a tax credit
    13  against the tax imposed under Article IV of the act of March 4,
    14  1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, shall
    15  be awarded to each taxpayer eligible under section 3. The amount
    16  of tax credit shall be equal to the lesser of $10,000 or 10% of
    17  the employees' qualified first year wages for such year.
    18  Section 6.  Effective date.
    19     This act shall take effect in 60 days.








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