The 5 Horsemen of Philadelphia Revenue

Frank Jones's picture
Submitted by Frank Jones on Fri, 2012-02-03 08:29

Forums:

Property Tax
Use And Occupancy Tax
Wage Tax
Business Privilege Tax
Net Profits Tax

and now I see another, Annual Reconciliation of Employer Wage Tax

Are there any more? Am I missing something? 6?

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Soul Man

Sat, 2012-02-04 11:10

There's also:

Sales Tax
School Income Tax
Real Estate Transfer Tax
Amusement Tax
Hotel Tax
Parking Tax (20% on paid parking - not the same as metered on-street parking)
Vehicle Rental Tax
Outdoor Advertising Tax
Liquor Tax
Rolled Tobacco Products (Cigarette/Cigar) Tax
Rolling Papers Tax
Unrolled Tobacco Products (loose tobacco, snuff, etc.) Per-Ounce Tax

also, a wide variety of license & permit fees

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Frank Jones

Sat, 2012-02-04 15:43

And the 7th was fees.
They should just have three taxes. Property tax, Wage tax and business tax. Then fees.
Use and Occupancy and Business Privilege Tax is completely stupid as is Employer Reconciliation Tax. I understand that Philadelphia needs money to run but it seems like for a while they just invented new taxes when they needed more money instead of adjusting the ones they already had.

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floppysoles

Sat, 2012-02-04 15:53

Funeral Home Taxes and Taxes on your Social Security benefits. This is the price of big government.

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Here I sit broken hearted, paid a quarter and only farted.