Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by adding the definition of "information technology company" and by excluding from the definition of receipts, any receipts from the specific business conducted by an information technology company, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Kenney
Introduced: May 18, 2000
Signed: June 22, 2000
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends Philadelphia's business privilege tax law to exclude information technology companies from paying taxes on certain types of income. These companies are defined as those that provide electronic data processing services, computer systems design and related services, custom programming, and online information services.
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