Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Tax," by providing certain exclusions; revising certain tax rates; and creating certain fresh food tax credits; and amending Chapter 19-1200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking Tax," by providing for scheduled reductions in the rate of the tax and by making certain technical amendments; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: June 13, 2013
: Committee on Finance
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 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.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill makes changes to Philadelphia's Business Income and Receipts Tax, including new exclusions, revised tax rates, and a fresh food tax credit. It also adjusts the city's Parking Tax with scheduled rate reductions.
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