Official:Amending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates, credits and alternative tax computation for the business privilege tax, by reducing certain tax rates; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Goode
Introduced: January 22, 2004
Voted: July 1, 2004
: Committee on Finance
Status: Lapsed
This bill amends Philadelphia's Business Privilege Tax (BPT) rates and computation to reduce tax rates on businesses over a period of years.
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