Official:Amending Chapter 19-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Taxes and Rents - General,” by providing for a temporary tax amnesty program under which delinquent taxpayers may satisfy their past due tax obligations with forgiveness of all or a portion of accrued interest and penalties, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Bass
Introduced: March 14, 2019
: Committee on Finance
Status: Lapsed
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.
This bill creates a temporary tax amnesty program that allows delinquent taxpayers to pay past due taxes with reduced or waived interest and penalties.
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