Council actions
Philadelphia City Council actions
These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.
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Meeting date
May 17, 2004
This enacted law requires the Board of Revision of Taxes to notify City Council before changing the ratios used to calculate property assessments.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing that no change by the Board of Revision of Taxes to the ratios it uses to calculate assessed value shall be effective unless Council by ordinance adjusts real estate tax rates so that such change is revenue neutral, or unless Council otherwise approves such change by ordinance; all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s tax rules by setting a three-year limit for assessing most city taxes and a six-year limit for filing lawsuits to collect them, generally measured from when a return is due or filed.
Amending Chapter 19-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Taxes and Rents-General," by providing for uniform time limitations on collections, examinations and assessments, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s realty transfer tax rules to include deeds in lieu of foreclosure in the definition of a property’s taxable value.
Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Taxes," by amending the definition of "Value" to include deeds in lieu of foreclosure.
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This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax rules for unincorporated businesses.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by amending the definition of "Net Income" to determine the net income of unincorporated businesses by allowing deductions of payments to certain proprietors or partners.
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This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s business privilege tax by reducing certain tax rates on business receipts and net income.
Amending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates, credits and alternative tax computation for the business privilege tax, by reducing certain tax rates; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s wage and net profits tax by lowering tax rates for residents and nonresidents who earn wages or business profits in the city.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by decreasing the rates of the tax, by making technical amendments changing the effective dates for rate changes, and, repealing certain provisions, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The lapsed resolution would have approved a revised five-year financial plan for Philadelphia covering fiscal years 2005 through 2009, along with proposed changes for fiscal year 2004.
Providing for the approval by the Council of the City of Philadelphia of a Revised Five Year Financial Plan for the City of Philadelphia covering Fiscal Years 2005 through 2009, and incorporating proposed changes with respect to Fiscal Year 2004, which is to be submitted by the Mayor to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement, authorized by an ordinance of this Council approved by the Mayor on January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1563-A), by and between the City and the Authority.
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This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s wage and net profits tax rates for residents and nonresidents, including people earning wages or business income in the city.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by establishing certain tax rates, amending the effective dates of various tax rate changes, and by amending the definition of Excess Growth Rate, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s real estate tax rules by setting discounts for early full payments and additions, interest, and penalties for late installment or annual payments.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing discounts and penalties related to the installment payments and new fiscal year billing, and to guarantee that payments are applied to current year tax first to avoid accumulation of additions and penalties.
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This lapsed bill would have required the Philadelphia Department of Revenue to accept real estate tax payments in four installments or as one annual payment.
Amending Chapter 19-1302 of the Philadelphia Code entitled "Installment Payments" to provide for the Department of Revenue to accept payment of real estate taxes in four equal payments; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax definition of “Net Operating Loss” by setting how many years businesses could carry losses forward.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by amending the definition of "Net Operating Loss" with respect to carryforward period for net operating losses.
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This lapsed bill would have repealed Chapter 19-2500 of the Philadelphia Code, which established the Real Estate Non-Utilization Tax.
Repealing Chapter 19-2500 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Non-Utilization Tax;" effective January 1, 2005, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s real estate tax system by gradually shifting the share of tax billings between land and building improvements.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of the Philadelphia Code entitled "Real Estate Taxes" to mandate a phase-in of equal percentages of the Target Tax Billings to be imposed upon lands and buildings for real estate tax purposes.
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This lapsed bill would have changed the schedule for estimated Philadelphia Business Privilege Tax payments.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing a minimum number of estimated tax payments in the last six months of the City's fiscal year and authorizing additional estimated payments in the first six months of the subsequent fiscal year.
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This lapsed bill would have set Philadelphia’s real estate tax rate for 2004 and created a method for setting rates in later years based on citywide taxable property values and revenue needs.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by specifying a rate for tax year 2004, specifying that rates thereafter be dependent on total taxable assessed values certified by the Board of Revision of Taxes, changing the billing year from a calendar year to a fiscal year; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have transferred appeals of Philadelphia property assessments from the Board of Revision of Taxes to a newly created independent Property Assessment Appeals Board.
Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City-County Consolidation," by removing the authority of the Board of Revision of Taxes to hear appeals and reassigning that authority, with the power, functions and duties of hearing and deciding appeals, from Board of Revision of Taxes assessment, to a newly appointed independent City agency to be known as the Property Assessment Appeals Board; imposing the duty on the Board of Revision of Taxes to adopt and publish Assessment Standards and Practices that include certification of full and averaged assessments; providing for submission of such amendment for the approval or disapproval of the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; all under certain terms and conditions.
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Meeting date
May 13, 2004
This enacted ordinance authorized a $500,000 transfer within Philadelphia’s Grants Revenue Fund for Fiscal Year 2004.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Director of Finance.
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The enacted ordinance authorized $37,138,725 in Fiscal Year 2004 transfers from the General Fund and Grants Revenue Fund to the General Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions and from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
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