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Pennsylvania: rules and deadlines at a glance
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Medicaid long-term care · Small estate limits · Will and trust rules · Estate and inheritance tax · Common law marriage · Property tax rates · Medicaid expansion · Inheritance tax · Social Security tax
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| Home equity limit | $752,000 |
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| Look-back | 60 months (5 years) |
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| Small estate limit | $50,000, not counting real estate |
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| Wait after death | None |
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| Real estate | No |
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| Witnesses | None required to sign if you sign at the end; 2 witnesses prove it at probate unless self-proved |
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| Handwritten will | Valid (no witnesses needed if signed at the end) |
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| Uniform Trust Code | Yes |
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| Estate tax | No state estate tax |
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| Inheritance tax | Yes: exemption No exemption (spouses are exempt); rates Up to 15% |
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| New ones allowed? | No new ones |
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| Status | Abolished Jan. 1, 2005 |
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| Effective rate | 1.26% |
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| On a $300,000 home | $3,780 a year |
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| Expanded? | Yes |
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| Since | Jan. 1, 2015 |
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| Inheritance tax? | Yes |
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| Sibling pays | 12% |
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