Personal Health Investment Tax Credit
SB 655 allows eligible Pennsylvania National Guard members and other service members to receive a tax credit for qualified physical fitness expenses, encouraging personal readiness and health. The bill amends the Pennsylvania Tax Reform Code to establish this new tax incentive.
Talking Points
Use these when contacting your representatives.
Physical readiness is a year-round job requirement for Guard members, and SB 655 helps them meet it.
The bill provides a tax credit for qualified physical fitness expenses, offsetting the personal cost of staying deployment-ready between drills.
A fitness credit is a low-cost investment in a force that already trains on its own time.
Service members must pass fitness standards continuously but maintain readiness largely at their own expense; SB 655 recognizes that cost.
It treats fitness as the readiness expense it is.
SB 655 amends the Pennsylvania Tax Reform Code to recognize qualified fitness expenses for eligible Guard and service members.
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