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Amending Chapters 19-1300 and 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled, respectively, "Real Estate Taxes" and "School Tax Authorization," by establishing a tax rate for City real estate tax and authorizing and establishing a tax rate for School District real estate tax; all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s real estate tax rules by setting the City tax rate at 0.5733% for tax year 2019 and later years, with a 0.6317% rate for 2016 through 2018. It also would have authorized the School District of Philadelphia to continue taxing real estate and set its rate at 0.8265% from 2019 onward, affecting taxable real property in the city.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
June 7, 2018
Sponsors
Helen GymMark Squilla
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended as follows:

CHAPTER 19-1300. REAL ESTATE TAXES.

§ 19-1301. Real Estate Taxes.

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(2)

For tax year 2014 and thereafter:

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(a.2)

For tax [year 2016 and thereafter,]

years 2016 through 2018,

the Tax Rate shall be 0.6317%, or sixty-three and seventeen one hundredths cents ($0.6317) per hundred dollars ($100).

(a.3) For tax year 2019 and thereafter, the Tax Rate shall be 0.5733%, or fifty-seven and thirty-three one hundredths cents ($0.5733) per hundred dollars ($100).

(b)

A tax is hereby levied on all real property in the City in an amount equal to the product formed by multiplying the Tax Rate by the Net Taxable Value of the property. Net Taxable Value shall be calculated by subtracting the amount of Homestead Exclusion, if any, provided for in § 19-1301.1, from the assessed value of the property returned by the OPA in the year immediately preceding the tax year, but in no event may Net Taxable Value be less than zero.

(.1)

OPA stands for the Office of Property Assessment.

SECTION 2.

Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended as follows:

CHAPTER 19-1800. SCHOOL TAX AUTHORIZATION.

§ 19-1801. Authorization of Tax.

(1)

The Board of Education of The School District of Philadelphia is authorized to impose an annual tax for school district purposes on real estate within the City of Philadelphia for the years 1964 through [2018]

2019

and thereafter.

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(3)

For tax year 2014 and thereafter:

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(a.2)

For tax year 2016 [and thereafter,]

through tax year 2018,

the Tax Rate shall be 0.7681%, or seventy-six and eighty-one hundredths cents per one hundred dollars ($100) of Net Taxable Value.

(a.3)

For tax year 2019 and thereafter, the Tax Rate shall be 0.8265%, or eighty-two and sixty-five one hundredths cents per one hundred dollars ($100) of Net Taxable Value.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics

indicate new matter added.

End

File history

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  1. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass