Taxes
One Upside to the Phillies’ Monstrous, Bloated Payroll: Wage Taxes!
The Phillies, as I wrote last week, are among the most inefficient spenders in the league. Last year especially, they spent a lot and didn’t […]
Vince Fumo Faces A Big Tax Hike On His Big Mansion
The Inquirer’s Miriam Hill reports that Vince Fumo—once the city’s most powerful politician, now serving five years in federal prison on corruption charges—is yet another […]
Are There Tax Deadbeats In Rittenhouse Square?
We don’t mean right this second, like hanging out by the fountain. But when you think about deadbeats who don’t pay property taxes, you probably […]
Investigation: City’s Tax Delinquency Problem Way Worse Than We Thought
Except for Detroit, no city in America is more inept at collecting its property taxes than Philadelphia. A mega-investigation by the Inquirer and Plan Philly […]
Shorter AVI: Glossy Corporate Towers Win, Your House Loses
The Daily News has compiled a list documenting how AVI is affecting the city’s 25 biggest buildings. And guess what? All of their taxes are […]
Mayor Nutter Defends New AVI Property Assessments
CBS Philly reports: “Some elected officials in Philadelphia say the new citywide property assessments are full of inaccuracies, but today Mayor Nutter strongly defended the […]
Marketwatch: Philly Has 2nd-Highest Tax Burden in Country
Marketwatch, which in addition to markets, apparently watches municipal tax burdens, says that only residents of Bridgeport, Connecticut give more of their incomes back to […]
Philly to Tax Delinquents: “Here’s Some More Free Money”
File this one under the Department of Adding Insult to Injury. As if it weren’t bad enough that they were not paying property taxes, 1,700 […]
Maybe Those AVI Adjustments Weren’t So Upsetting, After All?
CBS Philly reports that the new property assessments haven’t generated as many complaints as they expected. “Assistant Administrator Marisa Waxman says from the 15th, when […]
Would You Move Out of Your Philly Apt. if Your Landlord Raised Your Rent by $100/Month?
“No one is going to move for $30 more a month,” a local realtor told the Inquirer today. Raise rent by $100 a month, though? […]
Angry Residents Jamming Up City Hall’s Phone Lines With AVI Complaints
If you feel your new 2014 property tax assessment is unfair, you can watch this helpful video and mail in an appeals form by March […]
WATCH: How To Appeal Your Home’s New Tax Valuation
The City of Philadelphia says: If you think the new assessed value of your property is incorrect, you can request a first-level, informal review by […]
Note to Gentrifiers, Rich People, and Pretty Much Everyone: Your Taxes Are Going Up Under AVI
According to City Controller Alan Butkovitz, 343,191 properties will experience tax increases under the city’s proposed Actual Value Initiative (AVI) overhaul, compared to 107,603 which will […]
Don’t Be a Dick, Dick Yuengling
There was a time back in the ’90s that a portion of my nightly prayers were dedicated to asking God to make Dick Yuengling adopt […]
Bart Blatstein Sells Control of Piazza, Explains Tax Failure
With his Piazza at Schmidt’s development, developer Bart Blatstein helped set off a wave of gentrification that has remade Northern Liberties and its surrounding neighborhoods. […]