Philadelphia Business Journal: New Federal Tax Loophole Could Stoke Interest in Private School Donations

Changes to the federal tax code could encourage more Pennsylvania businesses to pump money into K-12 private schools instead of paying state taxes.

That’s according to an analysis by the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), which says it discovered an expanded loophole in the new law.

By cross-referencing federal and state incentives, ITEP concluded that wealthy individuals and high-profit businesses across 10 states — including Pennsylvania — may actually make money when they donate to private school scholarship funds. Read more

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