An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions, for time for filing returns and for time of payment; in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income, reenacting provisions on contributions and further providing for operational provisions and for payment of withheld taxes; in corporate net income tax, further providing for definitions; in capital stock franchise tax, further providing for definitions and reports, for imposition and for expiration; in gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition; in cigarette tax, further providing for definitions, for incidence and rate, for floor tax, for liability for collection of tax, for the Health Care Provider Retention Account, for stamp to evidence tax and for commissions on sales and providing for return and payment of tax for unstamped cigarettes and further providing for sales of unstamped cigarettes, for possession of unstamped cigarettes and for other violations; in research and development tax credit, further providing for carrying of credit; providing for educational improvement tax credit; repealing tax amnesty provisions; providing for reduction of tax credits; providing for tax amnesty for fiscal year 2009-2010; providing for penalties for corporate officers and for examination of books and records; and making related repeals.