Death and Taxes

Gov. Rendell released his 29 million dollar budget today. While trying to lower the state sales tax from 6 to 4 percent. 74 items that were exempt could be back on the table.

• Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
• Administrative services
• Advertising, public relations & related services
• Air transportation
• Airline Catering
• All other professional and technical services
• Amusement & recreation industries
• Architectural, engineering, & related services
• Bad Debts
• Basic television
• Call Center Credit
• Candy and Gum
• Caskets and Burial Vaults
• Catalogs and Direct Mail Advertising
• Charges for Returnable Containers
• Coal
• Coin Operated Food and Beverage Vending Machines
• Commercial Vessels (Construction & Repair)
• Commercial Vessels (Equipment, Maintenance)
• Common Carriers
• Construction of Memorials
• Consulting (scientific, environmental, & technical)
• Custom programming, design & data processing
• Dry-cleaning & laundry services
• Electric - Residential
• Electrical, plumbing, heating & AC service fees
• Financial Institutions Fees
• Firewood
• Fish Feed
• Flags
• Fuel Oil/Gas - Residential
• Funeral parlors, crematories & death care services
• Gratuities
• Helicopters
• Horses Sold To Out of State Purchasers
• Hotel-Permanent Resident
• Information services
• Investment Metal Bullion & Investment Coins
• Legal
• Liquor or Malt Beverage Purchased From Retail Dispenser
• Magazines
• Mfg. Exemption (Public Utility)
• Motor Vehicles (Out-of-State Purchases)
• Museums, historical sites, zoos, & parks For-Profit
• Newspapers
• Non-Prescription Drugs
• Other transportation
• Other: personal services
• Parking lots & garages
• Personal care services
• Personal Hygiene Products
• Rail Transportation Equipment
• Recreational parks, camps & campgrounds
• Rental of Films for Commercial Exhibition
• School Buses
• Scientific research & development services
• Services to Buildings and Dwellings
• Specialized design
• Spectator sports admissions (excludes schools)
• Stair Lift Devices
• Telephone - Residential
• Temporary Usage
• Textbooks
• Theater, dance, music & performing arts admissions For-Profit
• Tourist Promotion Agencies
• Transit & ground transportation
• Trout
• Truck transportation
• Uniform Commercial Code Filing Fees
• Veterinary fees
• Warehouse Storage
• Waste management and remediation services
• Water and Sewage Services
• Wrapping and Packing Supplies