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City Council Tackles Business Privilege Tax Rates, Affecting Thousands of Local Businesses This Year

Official:Amending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates, credits and alternative tax computation for the business privilege tax, by revising tax rates for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Sanchez

Introduced: May 7, 2009

: Committee of the Whole

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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 amends Philadelphia's business privilege tax rates for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011, affecting businesses that operate in the city.

What This Bill Does

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Changes the tax rates for the business privilege tax for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 to 2.415 mills on each dollar of annual receipts and 6.45% on net income for regulated industries, and 2.415 mills on each dollar of annual receipts and 6.45% on net income for other industries.
Removes the tax on each dollar of annual receipts for businesses after Fiscal Year 2011.
Applies these changes to businesses operating in the city, which are required to pay the revised tax rates.
The changes do not involve any new funding or appropriations, but rather a revision of existing tax rates.