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City Council Tackles Tax Transparency with New Plan to Notify Property Owners on Annual Assessments

Official:Amending Section 19-1304 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Duties of the Board of Revision of Taxes," by requiring the Board to notify all real estate taxpayers each year of certain real estate tax information, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco

Introduced: November 10, 2005

: 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.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill requires the Board of Revision of Taxes to send a yearly notice to all real estate taxpayers with certain tax information, such as assessed values and tax rates.

What This Bill Does

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Requires the Board of Revision of Taxes to mail a yearly notice to all real estate taxpayers.
The notice must include the assessed value of the taxpayer's real property, and the applicable assessment ratio for both the current and upcoming tax years.
The notice must also include the taxable assessed value of the taxpayer's real property, adjusted for any change in the assessment ratio for the upcoming tax year.
The notice must include the total tax rate for all real estate taxes levied by the City and by the School District of Philadelphia, expressed in both mills and percentage.