Pennsylvania REV-1511 Instructions -- Instructions for REV-1511 Schedule H — Funeral Expenses & Administrative Cost are instructions for taxpayers to report and claim funeral expenses and administrative costs related to the death of a family member for state tax purposes. The instructions include information on who is eligible to claim the expenses, what qualifies as an eligible expense, how to calculate the amount of the deduction, and how to claim the deduction. The instructions cover two types of expenses: 1. Funeral Expenses: These include the costs of the funeral service, burial plot, casket, burial vault, and other related expenses. 2. Administrative Expenses: These include costs associated with obtaining a death certificate, and other administrative costs related to settling the deceased’s estate. The instructions also provide guidance on how to calculate the amount of the deduction, how to claim the deduction on your tax return, and how to submit proof of the expenses.
Pennsylvania REV-1511 Instructions -- Instructions for REV-1511 Schedule H - Funeral Expenses & Administrative Cost
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The purpose of REV-1543 is to make sure that the tax on a joint bank account is paid regardless of whether an estate files a REV-1500. The purpose of checkbox E on the REV- 1543 is to deflect tax collection efforts away from the surviving joint owner toward the estate, so that the tax is not being collected twice.
An inheritance tax return must be filed for every decedent (or person who died) with property that may be subject to PA inheritance tax. The tax is due within nine months of the decedent's death. After nine months, the tax due accrues interest and penalties.
REV-1313 -- Application for Refund of Pennsylvania Inheritance/Estate Tax. REV-1381 -- Stocks/Bonds Inventory. REV-1500 -- Inheritance Tax Return - Resident Decedent. REV-1502 -- Schedule A - Real Estate.
Tax-deductible funeral expenses Casket or urn. Burial plot and burial (internment) Green burial services. Tombstone, gravestone or other grave markers.
The return is to be filed in duplicate with the Register of Wills of the county in which the decedent was a resident at the time of death. Forms and schedules are available on the department's website at .revenue.pa.gov or by calling 1-800-362-2050.
Property owned jointly between husband and wife is exempt from inheritance tax, while property inherited from a spouse, or from a child aged 21 or younger by a parent, is taxed a rate of 0%. Inheritance tax returns are due nine calendar months after a person's death.
Funeral and related expenses paid after death are allowable. However, the only travel and lodging expenses allowable are those of the executor or administrator of the estate and not for anyone else.
The responsible party is the person named in the will as executor or, if the person dies without a will, the individual who is approved as administrator by the register of wills after a petition is filed.