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State inheritance tax
changes
HARRISBURG (February 1)
Revenue Secretary Robert K.
Bloom announced today that
reorganization of the state
inheritance tax system in
cluding the introduction of a newly
designed, simplified tax report
began Monday.
Revision of the program was
recommended last March by the
Pennsylvania Tax commission in
its report to Governor Dick
Thornburgh.
Bloom, who first announced the
reorganization proposal last July,
said, “For years, the system has
been recognized as being
fragmented, cumbersome and
highly duplicative. We are highly
pleased that this change finally
brings the process into con
formance with modern, tax
collecting procedures.
“The bottom line is that this
reorganization implements a
system for providing taxpayers
with uniform and efficient service
throughout the Commonwealth. It
means that executors and ad
ministrators of estates in Penn
sylvania generally will be issued
an assessment notice within two
weeks after the return is received,
instead of having to wait for
several months, as they have in the
past.”
Full implementation of the
transition is expected to be com
pleted as soon as possible. The new
system includes the following
changes:
A single, simplified return
including new self-assessment
, features and revised schedules to
replace three different forms used
in the past.
Elimination of the initial
reviews conducted by the
Department’s field offices,
allowing immediate forwarding of
the returns by the Registers of
Wills to Revenue Headquarters in
Harrisburg:
Accelerated review by the
Department’s tax examiners;
Increased automation and
computer tracking in the
processing of returns, including
computerized assessments;
More efficient use of field
office personnel to provide not only
in effect
the necessary service to local
areas on inheritance tax but on
other taxes as well.
A program to field-test the
proposal began last September in
the Department’s Indiana District
Office, fit announcing the im
plementation, Bloom gave special
credit to the “many Revenue
employes who worked with Robert
Schrift, of central-headquarters,
and Bernard Garred, ad
ministrator of the Indiana District
Office.”
The Department Is working
closely with Registers of Wills
throughout the state and will be
meeting with members of the legal
and banking communities to help
assure a smooth transition. A
special team of Department
inheritance tax specialists is
available to provide assistance and
instruction. Anyone having
questions on the inheritance tax
changes may call their local
Revenue District Office Ad
ministrators or Department
headquarters in Harrisburg at
717/783-5474.
LANCASTER - Being
physically fit is a good feeling, and
it is important to good health no
matter what your age.
Ingredients for physical fitness,
says Dairy Council Inc.,
Southampton, Pa., usually fall into
three broad categories: adequate
rest; a balanced diet including the
four food groups; and exercise.
For those not especially sports
minded, exercise is likely to be
neglected, thus preventing us from
enjoying its pleasures and
benefits.
One form of physical activity,
however, that many people tend to
disregard is walking—and
especially that after-dinner walk.
The movement is good for your
digestion—and you burn off those
extra calories you may have
ingested.
Walking is an activity the whole
family can do together. And it is
elected leaders qfthe Pennsylvania
Junior Angus Association are, left to right
president Diane Krause, Slatington; director
Bill Wise, Spring Grove; vice president Tammy
Walking
particularly good for diabetics and
the elderly who want to keep
physically fit and vital.
If you want to bum off the
largest number of calories with the
least amount of strain, walking at
a slow pace; for long distances is
beneficial. It is ideal after eating
since .-strenuous or competitive
sports should never be attempted
for up to four hours after eating.
You need not walk every night.
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HYDRAULIC AERIAL EQUIPMENT
Angus Assn, revamps itself
is good exercise
But consistency is the key to an
exercise-diet program, and
exercise that is maintained for at
least twenty minutes three times a
week, on alternate days, can show
marked -improvement in vitality
and physical fitness.
Experts agree that without
regular movement, excess weight
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Myers, Wellsville; director Diane Keen,
Palmyra; and secretary-treasurer Christine
Strive, Seven Valleys.
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will creep up on you to produce the
disease of obesity.
So if it’s weight you want to lose,
says Dairy Council, or keep off
once you have reduced, why not
add walking to ' your , regular
routine? It’s a nice way of looking
and feeling good—and an easy
way, too.
Contact ..
Allenß. Shirk
Seal Crete, Inc.
RD2, Ephrata, PA
717-859-1127