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Taxes

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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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

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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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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

7 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.

7 years ago

Developments on the Camden waterfront, like the American Water corporate headquarters and the 18-story Camden Tower, receive substantial local tax breaks in addition to state tax incentives. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Camden rising? As deficit grows, new businesses won’t pay full property taxes for 20 years

Camden’s budget deficit could get worse despite a corporate-office building boom. Many companies won’t pay full property taxes for 20 years.

7 years ago

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Center City Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Philly vows to fight commercial property owners over $48 million reassessment ruling

Philadelphia is pushing back against a court ruling that would require the city and the School District to pay $48 million to commercial property owners.

7 years ago

New Jersey attorney general Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference
Courts & Law
NJ Spotlight

New Jersey files suit over IRS decision blocking SALT workarounds

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's cap as "unlawful" and a "violation of our federal tax code."

7 years ago

A small fleet of goPuff delivery vehicles, parked outside their Philadelphia headquarters. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Money

Delivery company goPuff left out key details before winning $39 million N.J. tax break

The home delivery service goPuff failed to disclose a federal labor law violation to New Jersey officials when it applied for a $39 million corporate tax break last summer.

7 years ago

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