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City Council Tackles Business Tax Overhaul in Move to Streamline Collections and Boost Revenue City-Wide

Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Business Income and Receipts Taxes,” by changing the manner of imposition, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Domb

Introduced: April 8, 2021

: Committee of the Whole

business taxation

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2020–2023 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.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill amends Philadelphia's business tax laws to change how businesses are taxed on their income and receipts.

What This Bill Does

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Changes the manner of imposing the business income and receipts tax, but the exact nature of this change is not specified in the provided text.
Removes the requirement for a regulated industry to pay a tax on net income prior to Tax Year 2022.
Repeals the tax rates and credits chart for Tax Year 2022 and later, which previously specified the tax rates on receipts and net income.
(Note: The provided text appears to be incomplete, and it is unclear what other changes may have been intended.)