Official:Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Finances, Taxes and Collections,” by adding a new Chapter 19-4600, entitled “Low-Income Tax Provisions,” providing for the refund or forgiveness of real estate tax liability of certain low-income residents attributable to real estate tax increases and increases in the assessed value of the taxpayer’s homestead, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Gauthier
Introduced: February 1, 2024
Signed: June 6, 2024
: Committee on Finance
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill provides for refunds or forgiveness of real estate tax increases for low-income residents who experience significant jumps in their homestead taxes due to reassessments.
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