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City Council Votes to Slash Real Estate Tax Discount Rate in Half to 0.5%

Official:Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by amending Section 19-1303, entitled "Discounts and Additions to Tax," by revising the discount percentage for real estate taxes, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Domb

Introduced: February 11, 2016

: Committee on Finance

finance housing taxation

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2016–2019 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 reduces the discount percentage for paying real estate taxes on time from 1% to 0.5%. It's a change to the city's tax policy.

What This Bill Does

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Reduces the discount percentage for paying real estate taxes on time from 1% to 0.5%.
Applies this reduction to taxes paid up to and including the last day of February of the year in which the taxes are assessed and payable, or within 20 days of the date of mailing of the tax bill.
Effective 30 days after the bill becomes law.
No new powers, obligations, or restrictions are added for city officials or agencies.