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Philadelphia Property Owners Get Break on Taxes as Council Approves Tax Deferral Plan for Longtime Owner-Occupiers Today

Official:Enacting a new Chapter 19-3400 of The Philadelphia Code authorizing the Board of Revision of Taxes to grant tax deferrals to longtime owner-occupants of certain properties in the City of Philadelphia.

Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke

Introduced: June 13, 2002

: Committee on Finance

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill allows longtime owner-occupants of certain properties in Philadelphia to defer paying their property taxes temporarily.

What This Bill Does

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The Board of Revision of Taxes is authorized to grant tax deferrals to longtime owner-occupants of certain properties in Philadelphia.
To qualify for a tax deferral, a property must be a principal residence and the owner must have owned and occupied it for a certain period of time (the bill does not specify the length of time, but it is mentioned as a "certain period of time").
The tax deferral allows the owner to temporarily defer paying their property taxes, but the bill does not specify how long the deferral period is.
The bill creates a new Chapter 19-3400 in The Philadelphia Code, which authorizes the Board of Revision of Taxes to grant tax deferrals to eligible property owners.