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Taxes

An up-close photo of Darrell Clarke speaking into a microphone in City Council chambers.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly Council rushing to close deal on 10-year tax abatement before 2020

Philadelphia’s 10-year property tax abatement on residential construction could be dramatically different by the end of this year.

6 years ago

State police remove Sue Altman of New Jersey Working Families from a hearing. (NJ Spotlight)
Politics & Policy

Rekindling tax break controversy, George Norcross publicly defends incentives

George Norcross told legislators at the Statehouse in Trenton on Monday that the state’s tax incentive program has succeeded in revitalizing distressed areas.

6 years ago

A small fleet of GoPuff delivery vehicles, parked outside their Philadelphia headquarters. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Companies facing legal, regulatory trouble still received N.J. tax breaks, staffer says

Companies sued for workplace issues or facing regulatory penalties still routinely received tax incentive awards, a state staffer says.

6 years ago

City Councilmember Al Taubenberger. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Should grandma get a tax cut? One Republican city councilmember thinks so.

City Councilmember Al Taubenberger introduced a legislative package Thursday to give breaks on wage and real estate taxes to many Philadelphia families.

6 years ago

(Wikimedia Commons/Billy Penn)
Money
Billy Penn

Philly slaps $115,000 in soda tax compliance fines on local businesses

Stores that buy from unregistered distributors are supposed to pay the tax themselves.

6 years ago

Governor Phil Murphy on the one-year anniversary of the release of his economic vision plan at Rowan University on October 1, 2019. (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)
Politics & Policy

Murphy calls for an expansion of N.J. film and TV tax credit

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy thinks more tax incentives will mean more movies made in the Garden State.

6 years ago

Philly skyline
Money
Billy Penn

A $43 million tax break for people in poverty? Philly is thinking about it.

Councilmember Allan Domb wants to create a wage tax refund for low-income Philadelphians.

6 years ago

New Subaru of America headquarters in Camden (Courtesy Subaru of America)
Money
NJ Spotlight

Company execs say tax subsidies cemented move to Camden

According to testimony from Subaru of America, American Water Works and others, New Jersey’s steep income and property taxes would have scared them off.

6 years ago

Fifteen tax-abated properties along South Front Street between Walnut Street and Sansom Walk, and on Walnut Street between South Front Street and South 2nd Street have a combined value of more than $30 million. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Who benefits? Philadelphia leads largest cities in property tax breaks

Philadelphia’s real estate tax breaks benefit some of the wealthiest in the city, a Tribune analysis of property records shows.

6 years ago

(Miguel Martinez/Billy Penn)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

City Council preview: Everything Philly leaders will be fighting about this fall

We asked city leaders to tell us their priorities for the fall session. Here’s what Darrell Clarke, Cherelle Parker, Allan Domb and others are planning.

6 years ago

An Eagles fan takes in the city from the top of the steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, also known as the Rocky steps. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Who benefits most from Philly’s tax abatement? Center City developers

The lion’s share of revenue lost to Philly’s tax abatement is tied to large commercial real estate projects, not single-family homes.

6 years ago

Gas is pumped into a car at the Eastcoast filling station in Pennsauken, New Jersey. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money

New Jersey’s gas tax to stay flat in 2020

New Jersey's gas tax won't be going up in the coming year, the state Treasury announced Wednesday. The rate will remain at 41.4 cents per gallon.

6 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. on the Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

How to get rid of property taxes? Lawmaker looks to retirement income.

One state House lawmaker is trying to pitch a new solution to a very old Pennsylvania problem: the reliance on school property taxes.

6 years ago

A part of Newark's skyline is seen in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Money

N.J. approves $9M in tax credits to ‘Joker,’ ‘West Side Story’

New Jersey on Tuesday approved roughly $9 million in film tax credits to a Spielberg adaptation of "West Side Story" and a Batman movie called "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix

6 years ago

Cooper University Hospital board chairman George Norcross III listens in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 15, 2012, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cooper Cancer Institute. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Judge sides with N.J. Gov. Murphy, dismisses Norcross’ tax credit suit

A New Jersey judge sided with Gov. Phil Murphy and dismissed the lawsuit brought by a political powerbroker challenging a task force investigating business tax credits.

6 years ago

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