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State’s Farm Income Tax Short
Course is coming soon, which
should be no surprise. It’s come
around every year since 1955.
But for the first time in 29 years,
one of Pennsylvania’a oldest tax
courses has changed its name and
the amount of learning material
available.
This year’s course is called “Tax
Week At Penn State,” and it
combines both tested and new
course material, farm
management extension specialist
Jesse G. Cooper said.
“The need for coverage of
certain topics has expanded,”
Cooper said Tuesday. “We found
we had to do more things in
depth.”
“Tax Week At Penn State" will
uphold the tradition of the old short
course in some respects. For the
first two days, Dec. 3 and 4, at
tending taxpayers will study issues
of the Tax Reform Act of 1984 as it
applies to businesses and farms.
It’s the rest of the week, Dec. 5
through 7, that’s different.
“We had to expand the program
to cover the need for tax in
formation,” farm management
extension specialist Larry Jenkins
said. “Some tax topics are very
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tricky.”
The program bill for Dec. 5 is
split. Reb. Manfred Hoick, Jr., a
CPA and Lutheran minister, will
address taxpayers on clergy
related tax and Social Security
topics. In another room,
Washington, D.C. lawyer Marjorie
O’Connell will speak on domestic
relations (divorce) tax law.
Michigan State University’s
Myron Kelsey will hold a farm
partnership tax workshop on Dec.
6 and 7. Kelsey has coordinated
income tax schools for Michigan
farms and businesses for 13 years,
and has taught partnership
workshops for three years.
Taxpayers interested in the
package can choose from five
options; Dec. 3 through 5 ($145):
Dec. 5 only ($65); Dec. 6 and 7
($75); Dec. 5 through 7 ($140), or
the entire course, Dec. 3 through 7
($200). Taxpayers choosing any
option that includes Dec. 5 can
choose two among four morning
and afternoon classes.
Changes in the short course are
due to its success, Cooper said. The
short course began when farmers
united at Penn State in 1955 to
discuss Social Security.
“Over the years, the course
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taxes,” Cooper explained.
“Tax Week At Penn State” is
designed to be more than a
classroom refresher course for
farmers and rural business people,
Cooper said. He cited the case of
one former student who claimed
her confidence was boosted when
an IRS agent complimented her in
an audit.
“For some participants, the
course is not as instructional as
much as a chance to get together
and compare notes.” he said.
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held its fall meeting on Oct. 13 in
The Commonwealth National Bank
Building, Elizabethtown, as guests
of Elizabethtown Area Grange
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The Master, Clifford Holloway
Jr., conducted the business
session. In resolutions adopted, the
Pomona Grange went on record to
urge the Pa. State Grange and the
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“Some participants pick up viable
information here.”
Jenkins pointed out, however,
that the course is not entirely a
social event.
“People come here for
professional development, not
purely for social reasons,” he said.
“Some people have come to the
short course for 25 years.
“About two-thirds of the people
come back,” Cooper said.
Registration will be closed Nov.
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All people interested must send a
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with an application to the
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16802.
Course applications are
available at all county extension
offices. For further program in
formation, call (814) 065-7656. To
register, call (814) 865-9547.