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New Businesses Emerge Exempt as Council Votes to Revamp Philly Business Privilege Tax Rates

Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," to provide for an exemption from the tax on gross receipts for certain new businesses, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke

Introduced: September 23, 2004

: Committee of the Whole

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 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.

That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.

Plain-Language Summary

This bill proposes an exemption from business privilege tax on gross receipts for certain new businesses under specific terms and conditions.

What This Bill Does

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* The bill proposes an exemption from the business privilege tax on gross receipts for certain new businesses. * The exemption would apply to businesses that meet specific terms and conditions, but these terms and conditions are not specified in the summary or the full text. * The bill amends Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes." * The bill was sponsored by Councilmember Clarke and several other council members, but it is listed as "lapsed," indicating that it did not become law.