Taxes
Grover Norquist Group Calls Out Tom Corbett for Raising Taxes
You remember Grover Norquist, don’t you: He’s the guy who has made sure Republican officeholders stick to the party’s anti-tax line for more than 20 […]
The Last Time the City Updated Its Tax Software, DOS Was Hot
Mayor Nutter has been pursuing a new property tax assessment system as though he’s Inspector Javert hunting Jean Valjean. Finally, his Actual Value Initiative (AVI) […]
Corbett’s Budget Plan=Higher Gas Prices to Pay for Roads and Bridges
Corbett’s plan to pay for transportation funding, announced during yesterday’s budget address, would involve eliminating the cap on taxes for wholesale gas prices. Which, he […]
City Hall Sues Yuengling For Back Taxes, Won’t Explain Quite Why
In a battle between City Hall and America’s Oldest Brewery, Philadelphians are probably inclined to be on the side of the folks providing their lager. […]
Penn Frats Getting Tax Breaks They Don’t Deserve
In recent years, Philly has revoked tax-exempt status for several non-profits, including a church, a halfway house, and two UPenn fraternities, for failing to file […]
City Hall Aims to Punish Loyal Philly Homeowners
2013, big deal. Anything to look forward to? I don’t think so. In fact, I think the whole world is going to hell in a […]
The Top 10 Philly Lobbyists of 2012
Far and away, the biggest spender was the American Beverage Association. Now that a soda tax has twice been defeated in city council, in 2010 […]
City Hall Carolers Make Up Song About the Fiscal Cliff
A group of City Hall carolers have achieved something I thought impossible–they breathed a flicker of life into the most ill-named and over-covered political story of […]
Seriously, When’s the Last Time You Took the Mortgage Interest Deduction?
In the great saga of the fiscal cliff we’re all hanging from by our fingertips, no phrase may be more overused than “middle-class entitlements.” These […]
Philly Could Offer Incentives for LGBT Health Plans
For Councilman James Kenney, offering new health care protections for same-sex couples simply makes good financial sense. That’s why he’s introduced a bill that would […]
The Rise and Fall of Anti-Tax Terrorist Grover Norquist
Exactly one year after I called anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist to task for holding Congress hostage on the issue of new revenues, it’s beginning to […]
Officials Want to Grow Tax Credit So Philly Can Keep Impersonating New York in the Movies
It’s a rare week one can traverse Center City without stumbling onto a film set, and the Greater Philadelphia Film Office wants to keep it […]
100 Properties, $32 Million, 1,102 Years
View Philadelphia’s Biggest Real Estate Delinquencies in a full screen map The above map features the 100 properties that represent the 100 largest real estate […]
How Churches Have Brought the IRS to Its Knees
Election 2012 has come and gone, and at least one thing has become clear: It’s time to start taxing the churches. The IRS might finally […]
Tom Corbett Should Veto Bill Designed to Lure Oracle to Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Corbett has a chance right now. Usually he doesn’t really even pretend to care about the little guy. He’s a serial stroker of […]