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City Automatically Transfers Delinquent Taxes to Private Collectors After Year Without Payment Plan in Place

Official:Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes And Collections," to provide for automatic transfer of delinquent taxes and fees to a qualified third party law firm or collection agency; all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Oh

Introduced: March 27, 2014

: Committee on Finance

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No one voted on this bill

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.

Plain-Language Summary

This bill allows the City of Philadelphia to automatically transfer unpaid taxes and fees to a third-party collection agency after 366 days if no payment plan is made.

What This Bill Does

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Delinquent taxes and fees will be automatically transferred to a qualified third-party law firm or collection agency after 366 days if no payment plan is made.
The Commissioner of Revenue is required to transfer delinquencies to a third-party collection agency after 366 days.
The Commissioner of Revenue is also required to transfer delinquencies to a third-party collection agency if a debtor defaults on a repayment arrangement.
The Department of Revenue must provide a monthly report to the City Controller of tax delinquencies that have occurred in the previous month without entering into a repayment agreement.