Taxes
All Those Philly Soda Tax Ads Cost $5.4 Million This Year
Mayor Kenney sure hit a nerve with his soda tax, didn’t he? Even before the law went on the books last year, a public relations war […]
People Are Still Traveling Outside Philly to Avoid Soda Tax, Study Finds
A new study from market research firm Catalina suggests what soda tax opponents have been saying all along: shoppers are going outside city limits to avoid […]
How Philly’s Accountants Can Easily Raise $100 Million for the City
If you have up to three kids and make less than $54,000 a year, you are probably owed about $6,300 this year from the federal […]
Delco Wendy’s Was Charging Customers Philly Soda Tax
I’ve been waiting for this to happen… A business located outside of Philadelphia limits was recently caught adding the city’s controversial tax on sugary beverages […]
Philadelphia Urges Pa. Supreme Court to Reject Latest Soda Tax Lawsuit
In a 59-page document filed by the City of Philadelphia, attorneys have urged the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reject the appeal filed two weeks ago by […]
Six Months In, Philly Soda Tax Nets $39.3M, Just Shy of Projections
Philadelphia reached the six-month mark on its sweetened beverage tax in June, and the Philadelphia Department of Revenue has reported preliminary figures for the month, […]
Turnpike Tolls to Rise by 6 Percent Next Year
You’ll have to pay more to take the turnpike next year. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has approved a 6 percent toll increase for 2018.
Beverage Groups Takes Soda Tax Lawsuit to Pa. Supreme Court
It’s already lost twice in court, but the American Beverage Association is giving its lawsuit against the city’s sweetened beverage tax another go.
Seattle Will Now Be Taxing Its Rich. Should Philly Be Doing the Same?
Looks like the city of Seattle’s at it again. Despite a recent independent study conducted by the University of Washington that found that the city’s […]
Stop Using the Poor to Justify Your Hatred of the Soda Tax
For reasons that I’ll get into later in this column, I don’t eat a lot of pie. But over the Fourth of July weekend, I […]
Report: Pa. Is One Of the Worst Places To Start A Business
WalletHub, a personal finance website, recently released its annual list of the best and worst states to start a business in the U.S. Pennsylvania ranked […]
Wolf to Veto Bill That Would Keep Philly From Taxing Plastic Bags
Gov. Tom Wolf said he will veto a bill that would prevent Philly and other municipalities from taxing plastic bags. The bill, which passed the […]
Pa. Senate Passes Bill That Would Keep Philly From Taxing Plastic Bags
A bill that would forbid regulations on plastic bag sales across the state will make its way to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk this week. The Pa. […]
Philly Soda Tax Upheld by Commonwealth Court
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court voted today to uphold Philadelphia’s soda tax. It’s the second legal win for the city since the American Beverage Association and local retailers […]
OPINION: Philly’s Soda Tax Is Shaping Up to Be an Epic Flop
It’s been six months since the city’s soda tax (or, more accurately, the sugary beverage tax) was implemented — and it’s off to a rocky […]