Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing for exclusions and certifications for hobbies and other not-for-profit activities, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: November 4, 2010
Signed: June 2, 2011
: Committee on Finance
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends Philadelphia's Business Privilege Tax law to exclude hobbies and not-for-profit activities from taxation, under certain conditions.
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