Official:Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Tax," by exempting transactions between certain financially interdependent persons, including, but not limited to, domestic partners, whether of the same or opposite sex; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: June 7, 2007
Signed: November 1, 2007
: Committee on Finance
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law allows domestic partners and financially interdependent individuals to transfer property without paying a tax on it. To qualify for this exemption, they must live together as a household, share common necessities, and provide evidence of their financial interdependence.
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