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Philly Amnesty Nets $2 Million Payment

23 June 2010

Who says tax amnesty doesn’t work? The cash-strapped City of Philadelphia expects to meet its goal of collecting between $25 and $30 million during its Tax Amnesty Program… and it just got a little bit closer. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the City received a single taxpayer payment of $2 million. That represents more than [...]

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Philadelphia Real Estate Taxes On Their Way Up

14 May 2010

I woke up this morning to grumblings on Facebook about Philadelphia’s budget deal: a “temporary” 9.9% increase in property taxes. The “temporary” (cause who really believes it will be temporary?) increase is an effort to plug a $150 million deficit in the city’s budget. The boost was approved by City Council and Mayor Nutter is [...]

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What’s in a Name?

4 May 2010

Okay, the press has me officially riled up – well, the press and Governor Rendell (D-PA). Suddenly, the tax amnesty program has everyone all fired up about scofflaws. Yep, everywhere you look – even on the amnesty ads – tax officials and the media are painting tax delinquents with a broad brush, labeling them as [...]

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An Inconvenient Tax: Philadelphia Premiere!

20 April 2010

I’m off to Temple University to speak at the premiere of An Inconvenient Tax. You may recall that I was interviewed for the documentary a couple of years ago. It will be exciting to see the finished product. I’ll let you know what I think. In the meantime, check out the trailer: An Inconvenient Tax [...]

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Soda Survey Says Taxes Need to be Big

5 April 2010

A study out of the Rand Corporation has concluded that “small taxes” on soda do little to reduce soft drink consumption or prevent childhood obesity. Economist Roland Sturm and his teams analyzed how more than 7,300 fifth graders ate, drank and moved. The children were asked, as part of the study, how many sodas and [...]

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NY Closer to Soda Tax?

8 March 2010

DOH! This version has been corrected. My original source indicated that the proposal was targeted to the city (like Philly) and not the state. Apologies for the error. Just days after Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced plans for Philadelphia to tax soda, New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg signaled that his city supports state efforts to [...]

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Don’t be too smug, Colorado: Philly can increase taxes with the best of them…

4 March 2010

Just a week after I reported that Colorado was moving to increase taxes on its sugary drinks, Philadelphia Mayor Nutter is expected to announced a new tax on sugary drinks. Nutter plans to present his 2010-2011 budget on tomorrow. Expected to be included is a 2 cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks. That’s right: [...]

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Don’t Be Alarmed

24 February 2010

I’m not snowed under… I’ve been traveling this week, talking taxes and I have not a lick of tax bloggyness left in me. Check in tomorrow, I’ll have some great “ask the taxgirl” answers for you then.

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Ask the taxgirl: Why Justice Matters (revisited)

18 January 2010

Today, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. I’m working on a post about service. But in the meantime, I am reposting something that I wrote around this time last year. It remains one of my favorite posts. Enjoy! — I’ll be frank. I don’t always love being a lawyer. When I was [...]

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Philadelphia Amnesty Program

14 December 2009

Philadelphia is having a tough time these days, much like many other cities. Expenditures are up and revenues are down. What’s a city to do? One thing that the city is doing is pursuing collections matters very aggressively. I’ve probably gotten more city tax related phone calls at my office in the last month than [...]

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