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City School Tax Rate Hikes Automatically Starting Next Year Based On City's Total Assessed Value

Official:Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by specifying a rate for tax years 2007 and thereafter that is dependent on total taxable assessed values certified by the Board of Revision of Taxes, and by making technical amendments, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco

Introduced: November 10, 2005

: Committee of the Whole

finance school funding taxation

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.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill amends a law that sets the tax rate for school taxes in Philadelphia. Starting in 2007 and beyond, the tax rate will be based on the city's total taxable assessed value, as certified by the Board of Revision of Taxes.

What This Bill Does

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The bill amends Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," in the following ways

The tax rate for school taxes in Philadelphia will be based on the city's total taxable assessed value, certified by the Board of Revision of Taxes, starting in 2007 and beyond.
The bill eliminates the fixed tax rates that applied to previous tax years, and instead ties the tax rate to the city's total taxable assessed value.
The bill introduces new definitions for "Applicable Fiscal Year" and "Collection Factor" that will be used to calculate the tax rate for tax years 2007 and beyond.
The bill makes technical amendments to Chapter 19-1800 to reflect the changes to the tax rate calculation and definitions.