Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Barley Snyder Secures Landmark Victory in Realty Transfer Tax Case: Commonwealth Court Rules Property Division Under Entity Transactions Law Not Subject to Tax
Lancaster, Pa. – Barley Snyder has successfully represented Kunj Harrisburg LLC and its affiliated entities in a significant realty transfer tax case before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (Kunj Harrisburg LLC, et al. v. Com. of PA.). In a ruling issued January 10, 2025, the Court reversed a prior decision by the Pennsylvania Board of Finance and Revenue, which had upheld realty transfer tax assessments on property deeds executed in 2018. The case centered on five deeds that memorialized the division