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Is there any property tax relief for renters?
Taxipedia is answering people’s questions about Philadelphia’s property tax reassessment. Today’s question come ...
12 years ago
Green wants tax-exempt nonprofits to pass yearly test
WHYY/NewsWorks and the Daily News recently found that some Philadelphia nonprofits were getting tax breaks that they may not have deserve ...
12 years ago
Can property taxes go up more than 10 percent per year under AVI?
Absolutely, and many will. Owners of properties that have been under-assessed could get dramatically higher tax bills, and at the ...
12 years ago
Are Philly renters at risk from AVI hikes?
The city of Philadelphia is in the thick of its Actual Value Initiative — an effort to revamp the property tax system. The AVI t ...
12 years ago
White House warns of cuts to major programs ahead
In a prepared release the White House has announced the impacts that pending spending cuts would make on middle-class America. This state ...
12 years ago
Wasn’t the BRT abolished? What does it have to do with new assessments?
Some readers want to know: “What does the Board of Revision of Taxes have to do with Philadelphia’s new property assessments? ...
12 years ago
Why are some Philly property assessments different from sales prices? [Updated]
Just a couple of months ago, a building at the corner of Philadelphia’s Seventh and Bainbridge streets sold for $950,000. The city asse ...
12 years ago
Should Philly use gaming money to lower property taxes?
Should Philadelphia’s gaming revenue be used to lower property taxes? Since Mayor Michael Nutter is ...
12 years ago
Bowles speaks in Philly as Washington stares at sequester — what would you ask him?
It is a fitting time for Erskine Bowles to be in Philadelphia. He and his fellow co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Respo ...
12 years ago
Nutter says old property tax system is ‘dead’
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter says the city’s defective property tax system is no more. After working to get its house in or ...
12 years ago
New Philly tax valuations leave some furious, others grateful
Will Massey is furious about Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s Actual Value Initiative. ...
12 years ago
The Corbett administration has agreed on the extension of a British company’s winning bid on the Pennsylvania Lottery. The bid was ...
12 years ago
Mayor Nutter’s tax bill could drop under AVI
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s property tax bill could drop under the Actual Value Initia ...
12 years ago
Philly BRT’s website lacks property assessment information
Want an application to formally appeal your new property assessment from the city of Philadelphia? You won’t find it ...
12 years ago
Conshohocken steelworker sues for health insurance for gay spouse
It’s a case that highlights the uncertainty of laws surrounding same-sex couples: A steelworker in Conshohocken has sued his union ...
12 years ago