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"Closure": Change Expectations for End-of-Life

Neil E. Hendershot
February 14, 2012 18:30

 The Closure online multimedia educational project of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA, "is an initiative to change expectations for end-of-life."  The Project's goal is "to empower consumers and healthcare professionals with easy-to-access, simple-to-understand...

Smart Talk Features PA Aging Secretary

Neil E. Hendershot
January 14, 2012 01:10

On Friday, January 13, 2012, the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Brian Duke (accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Kevin Hancock), was interviewed for an hour on WITF-FM Radio's Smart Talk, about the changing and growing needs for the Commonwealth's aged population. The...

"Tax Talk" about Federal Individual Taxes

Neil E. Hendershot
January 09, 2012 19:06

The Tax Talk Today program, scheduled from 2:00 to 3:40 PM on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 (and available for replay online over the next twelve months for registered users), will present a comprehensive discussion of changes in individual income tax rules and procedures, reviewed by...

"Granny Snatching" Prohibition Pending in PA

Neil E. Hendershot
January 09, 2012 18:27

Would you remember what "UAGPPJA" means, or what it could do in Pennsylvania, without an association to "granny snatching"?  Maybe that's why such a Scrabble of title letters is linked to a simple, silly phrase.  The serious and unremedied abuse situations involving transport of incapacitated...

Phila Inquirer Reports on Elder Abuse

Neil E. Hendershot
December 30, 2011 01:04

On December 23, 2011, The Philadelphia Inquirer posted an article, Financial abuse of the elderly is approaching a crisis, researcher says, by Chris Mondics, that reports the opinion of Mark Lachs, a geriatrician and social scientist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, who believes "an...

PA Courts' 2012 Calendars & Holidays

Neil E. Hendershot
December 27, 2011 21:59

On December 27, 2011, the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania posted its chart of County Holidays for 2012 (PDF, 2 pages), which summarizes legal and operating holidays designated by counties for the various courthouses in the Commonwealth.  This is a most useful, even essential, chart.  It...

"Tax Talk Today" Online

Neil E. Hendershot
November 16, 2011 17:25

Browsing through the Trusts & Estates website recently, I noted a useful learning service regarding federal tax laws and return preparation, available on the Internet: Tax Talk Today. Sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Talk Today is a live Internet program featuring industry tax...

PA Inheritance Tax Summarized

Neil E. Hendershot
November 16, 2011 16:59

Pennsylvania is one of 22 states (and the District of Columbia) that imposes an estate tax due after the death of an individual, and is one of only six states that applies an inheritance tax upon residents receiving assets from a decedent or against real estate located here. With the increased...

PA Courts, then Joe Paterno

Neil E. Hendershot
November 15, 2011 22:28

What can we learn from the tortuous events of last week here in Central Pennsylvania, which unfolded following criminal charges filed against a former Penn State University coach alleged to have molested or assaulted many young boys?  See: Thirty-Third Investigating Grand Jury Presentment (Nov.,...

One Paper Size Fits All Pa Inheritance Tax Returns

Neil E. Hendershot
November 02, 2011 20:24

Effective April 1, 2011 any REV-1500 (PA Resident Inheritance Tax Return), including attachments, submitted to the Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax Division in a format size other than 8½ x 11 will be rejected by the Department of Revenue, which will equate to a non-filing. Pursuant to a Notice...