Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," by creating a tax credit to encourage certain merchants to provide healthy beverage alternatives in their stores, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: May 26, 2016
Signed: June 16, 2016
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill creates a tax credit to encourage merchants to sell healthy beverages in their stores. Eligible merchants can get up to $2,000 off their business taxes if they increase their sales of healthy drinks.
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