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Council sought to make business privilege tax return disclosure forms public information on city website

Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by requiring all persons who file a business privilege tax return to include as part of such return a disclosure form summarizing certain information included on the return, which disclosure forms shall be public information, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Sanchez

Introduced: June 12, 2008

: Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation

business taxation

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 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 businesses to include a one-page disclosure form with their business privilege tax return, which will be made public information on the city's website.

What This Bill Does

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Requires businesses to include a one-page disclosure form with their business privilege tax return.
Makes the disclosure forms public information, which will be published on the city's website.
Specifies the information that must be included on the disclosure form, which includes: * Name of taxpayer * Gross receipts * Net taxable receipts * Tax due on gross receipts * Net income
Requires the City's Department of Revenue to arrange for the publication of the disclosure forms on the city's website in a format searchable by tax year and taxpayer name.