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 and making such reductions contingent on an increase in the parking tax.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1.
Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
§19-2604.
Tax Rates, Credits, and Alternative Tax Computation.
(1)
Every business shall pay an annual tax on each dollar of annual receipts at the millage rate shown in the second column of the following chart (“Receipts rate in mills”), and an annual tax on net income at the percentage rate shown in the third column (“Net income rate %”), except that a regulated industry shall only pay an annual tax on each dollar of annual receipts at the millage rate shown in the second column, and in an amount not to exceed the percentage of net income shown in the third column:
Tax year(s)
Receipts rate in mills
Net income rate %
* * *
* * *
* * *
2004
2.10 mills
6.50%
2005
1.90 mills
6.50%
[2006]
[1.75 mills]
[6.50%]
[2007]
[1.625 mills]
[6.50%]
[2008]
2006
and thereafter
1.50 mills
6.50%
* * *
(3)
Alternative Receipts Tax Computation. A manufacturer (other than a regulated industry) shall at its option be permitted to compute the gross receipts tax on manufacturing sales at the rate shown in the following chart under the column entitled “Manufacturers,” multiplied by receipts from manufacturing sales after deducting the applicable cost of goods sold as determined under the rules provided by the Federal Internal Revenue Code. A wholesaler (other than a regulated industry) shall at its option be permitted to compute the gross receipts tax on wholesale sales at the rate shown under the column entitled “Wholesalers,” multiplied by receipts from wholesale sales after deducting the applicable cost of goods and the applicable cost of labor. A retailer (other than a regulated industry) shall at its option be permitted to compute the gross receipts tax on retail sales at the rate shown under the column entitled “Retailers,” multiplied by receipts from retail sales after deducting the applicable cost of goods and the applicable cost of labor:
Tax year(s)
Manufacturer
(mills)
Wholesalers
(mills)
Retailers
(mills)
* * *
* * *
* * *
* * *
2004
3.47
4.88
1.16
2005
3.14
4.42
1.05
[2006]
[2.89]
[4.07]
[0.97]
[2007]
[2.68]
[3.78]
[0.90]
[2008]
2006
and thereafter
2.48
3.49
0.83
* * *
SECTION 2. Effective date.
(1) This Ordinance shall be effective for tax year 2006 only if an Ordinance increasing the parking tax set forth in Section 19-1202(1)(b) of The Philadelphia Code to 20% becomes effective for fiscal year 2006.
(2) This Ordinance shall be effective for tax year 2007 only if an Ordinance increasing the parking tax set forth in Section 19-1202(1)(b) of The Philadelphia Code to 20% becomes effective for fiscal year 2007.
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