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Delaware County Courthouse (Google Maps)
Urban Planning

Delco challenges tax-exempt properties, says school districts are shortchanged millions

Each of the properties of concern are owned by municipalities but are said to have for-profit businesses operating on the premises.

6 months ago

President Joe Biden arrives on stage
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Biden’s child tax credit is cutting poverty in Philly, but many with deepest needs aren’t getting the cash

Amid some success stories, a Keystone Crossroads investigation finds that a large percentage of those most in need in Philadelphia don’t seem to be getting the cash.

6 months ago

Listen 4:43
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, standing with other House Democrats, talks to reporters
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate Democrats unveil a plan for a new tax on billionaires

Democrats say the tax on billionaire assets would help pay for President Biden's social spending bill.

7 months ago

Trucks and cars travel down the highway.
Urban Planning

Transportation funding report could launch years of debate in Pa.

The report comes amid a stalemate over increasing funding for highway construction in Pennsylvania, and as states increasingly experiment with a vehicle-miles-traveled fee.

10 months ago

W-4 form
Money

Philadelphia tax revenue is up, but concerns linger about future finances

The city of Philadelphia is doing better in tax collections, but the group monitoring its money says they aren’t completely back to pre-pandemic levels.

10 months ago

A parking lot at Juniper and Race streets in Center City.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s proposed parking tax cut dies in council budget talks

A Council bill that would have cut Philly’s parking tax rate by nearly a third died during budget negotiations. The plan would have cost some $130 million in lost city revenue

11 months ago

A child plays at a Philly sprayground
Politics & Policy

IRS launches new online sign-up for advance child tax credits

The IRS has launched an online portal to sign up for the credits, which will start hitting bank accounts in mid-July.

11 months ago

Daniel Trubman holds up a sign that says,
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly parking tax vote delayed again as protesters target Parkway Corp.

The parking tax reduction was pitched by Councilmember Cherelle Parker last month as a way to drive trickle-down benefits to parking lot attendants.

11 months ago

A Philadelphia parking garage at 8th and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Philly Council delays vote on parking tax cut as budget negotiations continue

Councilmembers Kendra Brooks, Jamie Gauthier, and Helen Gym have all publicly opposed the parking tax legislation within the last week.

11 months ago

A closeup of Elon Musk
Radio Times
Money

Secret IRS documents reveal how billionaires exploit the tax code

We discuss ProPublica's report on how America's billionaires avoid paying income tax and examine the uneven economic recovery and growing income inequality.

Air Date: June 10, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
Sam Rise holds a sign that says,
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Protesters stage mayor’s office sit-in to oppose Philly business tax cuts

The progressive activists staged a sit-in within Mayor Jim Kenney’s office. They oppose proposed cuts to the city’s business and parking taxes.

12 months ago

Shane Riggins, of Philadelphia Socialist Alternative, leads a protest by the group Tax The Rich PHL against proposed business tax cuts in the Philadelphia 2022 municipal budget. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly socialist groups, unions protest proposed city business tax cuts

Several groups decried Philly business and parking tax cuts, connecting them to larger economic inequalities worsened by the pandemic.

12 months ago

Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Jake Corman speaks to the press
Education

GOP advances bill in Pa. Senate that would further expand private school tax credits

GOP leaders and Gov. Wolf are again at odds over dueling visions of “school reform.” Lawmakers say the pandemic has only raised the stakes.

12 months ago

From left, EU's Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, World Bank President David Malpass, Italy's Finance Minister Daniele Franco, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva, Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso pose for a family photo as finance ministers from across the G7 nations meet at Lancaster House in London, Saturday, June 5, 2021 ahead of the G7 leaders' summit. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & Policy

G-7 nations sign key pact to make tech giants pay fair taxes

The world’s richest countries signed a landmark agreement Saturday.

12 months ago

A Philadelphia parking garage at 8th and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly progressives, urbanists blast $130 million cut to city parking tax

Statements and a petition opposed a bill that would slash the tax rate to 17%, noting there was no guarantee lot workers would benefit, as promised.

12 months ago

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