Taxes & Economy

Commonwealth Foundation Applauds Senate Action to Reduce Corporate Net Income Tax

• June 15, 2022

Harrisburg, Penn. – The Commonwealth Foundation today commended the Pennsylvania Senate’s passage of two bills that would reduce Pennsylvania’s corporate net income (CNI) tax. With the second-highest CNI tax rate in…

Press Release

Regulation

Liquor Privatization Constitutional Amendment

• March 7, 2022

The Constitutional Amendment Process House Bill 2272 proposes an amendment to Article 3, Section F of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania stating, “The Commonwealth shall not manufacture…

Fact Sheet

State Budget

Supplemental Appropriations

• Tirzah Duren
• March 24, 2021

Supplemental appropriation is another term for overspending. In theory, this practice covers unforeseeable expenses, but it has become a normal part of the state budget process.

Fact Sheet

How to Balance the Budget: Revenue Options

• Andrew Abramczyk
• October 2, 2020

Pennsylvania’s partial-year budget to fund the government through November relied on federal emergency aid to patch a prospective deficit. The state cannot count on such extra resources in the future.

Backgrounder

State Budget

Marijuana Money Can’t Fix the Budget

• Andrew Abramczyk
• September 15, 2020

The dollars involved are small and legalization would create new expenses.

Memo

Health Care

No Easy Pass This Year on Cost Overruns

• Andrew Abramczyk
• March 3, 2020

Legislators are questioning the administration's chronic overspending habit, but they aren't getting many answers.

Commentary

State Budget

Six Things to Know About Pa. House Budget

• June 19, 2018

The state budget is on the move. Earlier today the House Appropriations Committee voted to advance a $32.7 billion 2018-19 spending plan to the full House for its consideration. The…

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Regulation

What to Know about the Senate Budget

• Nathan Benefield
• June 30, 2017

Late last night, the Senate unveiled its version of the spending side of a state budget. The Senate advanced the bill from the Appropriations Committee with a full floor vote…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania Deficit Watch: June 2017

• June 5, 2017

For the first time in seven months, the commonwealth’s revenue collections exceeded expectations. Pennsylvania collected $2.6 billion in May—$98.5 million more than anticipated. Still, total collections remain approximately…

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