Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 608. Registers of wills to collect inheritance taxes, etc.

(a) Make to the Department of Revenue all reports, certify to the department all facts, and obtain from the department all approvals, which have heretofore been made or certified to or obtained from the Auditor General;

(b) Forward to the Department of Revenue, instead of to the Auditor General, all duplicate receipts issued by them to executors or administrators;  and

(c) On the first Monday of each month, make their returns to the Department of Revenue, and pay the taxes collected into the State Treasury, through the Department of Revenue, as provided in this act.

Registers of wills shall continue to give bond to the Commonwealth, as now provided by law, but all bonds hereafter given shall be delivered to the Department of Revenue, instead of to the Auditor General.

Until the register of wills of any county shall have given bond as required by law, and delivered it to the Department of Revenue, transfer inheritance taxes in his county shall be collected by the county treasurer, as now provided by law, and transmitted to the State Treasury through the Department of Revenue.