Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," to rename the Business Privilege Tax the Business Income and Receipts Tax and the Business Privilege License the Commercial Activity License, and making conforming amendments throughout The Philadelphia Code, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Tasco
Introduced: October 27, 2011
: Committee on Finance
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill renames the Business Privilege Tax to the Business Income and Receipts Tax and changes the name of the related license from Business Privilege License to Commercial Activity License.
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