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Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This lapsed bill would have revised Philadelphia’s Business Income and Receipts Tax rates. It proposed keeping the net income tax rate at 6.30% from 2018 onward, instead of reducing it gradually to 6.00% by 2023, affecting businesses subject to the tax.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
June 7, 2018
Sponsors
Helen Gym
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 19-2600. BUSINESS INCOME AND RECEIPTS TAXES.

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§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 %

2008 through 2013

1.415 mills

6.45%

2014

1.415 mills

6.43%

2015

1.415 mills

6.41%

2016

1.415 mills

6.39%

2017

1.415 mills

6.35%

2018

and thereafter

1.415 mills

6.30%

[2019

1.415 mills

6.25%]

[2020

1.415 mills

6.20%]

[2021

1.415 mills

6.15%]

[2022

1.415 mills

6.10%]

[2023 and thereafter

1.415 mills

6.00%]

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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