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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 bill, which is held in committee, would revise Philadelphia’s Business Income and Receipts Tax rates for businesses. It would lower the tax rate on net income for specified tax years, including to 5.25% beginning in 2025, while keeping the receipts rate at 1.415 mills; regulated industries would remain subject to the bill’s specified tax calculation.

File details

Status
HELD IN COMMITTEE
Introduced
April 15, 2021
Sponsors
Darrell L. ClarkeCherelle Parker
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

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

CHAPTER 19-2600. BUSINESS INCOME AND RECEIPTS TAXES

§ 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 %

* * *

2021

1.415 mills

[6.20%]

6.10%

2022

1.415 mills

[6.20%]

6.00%

2023

1.415 mills

[6.15%]

5.75%

2024 [and thereafter]

1.415 mills

[6.10%]

5.5%

2025 and thereafter

1.415 mills

5.25%

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