Philadelpia Increases Sales Tax

KYW 1060 dot com wrote:

Philadelphia's Sales Tax Hike, to 8 Percent, Will Begin October 8th


by KYW's Tony Romeo
State and city officials confirm that the City of Philadelphia’s new sales tax rate of eight percent will kick in on October 8th.
Janel Miller, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, says the agency will start getting the word out quickly:
“The department will begin to send letters in the coming days to all sales tax licensees in Philadelphia, to notify them of this change. What we’re really trying to do is to encourage retailers to begin updating their cash registers and their accounting systems so that they can begin collecting the sales tax at a higher rate on October 8th.”
Miller also says the state is working on updating its online and telephone filing systems to be ready on October 8th.
And noting that the tax is officially called the “sales, use, and hotel occupancy tax,” Miller also notes that while the sales tax rate will go to 8 percent, the hotel tax portion will remain at 7 percent.

KYW's Mike Dunn reports that the Philadelphia sales tax hike is temporary, according to the legislation, lasting five years. It will bring in $580 million over the five years, closing most of the city's anticipated $700-million, five-year deficit -- that's roughly $10 million a month.

City officials had hoped for an August 1st start date and have already made some budget cuts, including layoffs, because of the more than $20 million in revenue lost due to the delayed implementation.

Still, Mayor Nutter's finance director Rob DuBow says the administration is pleased that the state is moving ahead to allow the tax increase at the earliest date allowed by the legislation:
"It means that over the next five years we'll get roughly $580 million. And if we hadn't gotten that money, we'd have had to make draconian cuts to our budget that would have affected virtually every service we provide."

I just know I'm gonna forget and undercharge somebody. 1% on a $35000 car is like $400 or something.[COLOR=White] wink[/COLOR]



When it happens, I'll cop to it here.

Do you guys have a state income tax?

yes

Yes. State tax is %6 and the city tax was %1.

And, I'm just guessing here, but %1 on a $35,000 car is exactly $350.:cool:

A drop in the bucket to help out the po folk right? Maybe they should up it to 5% and really do some good, eh?

richlevy;599899 wrote:

Yes. State tax is %6 and the city tax was %1.

And, I'm just guessing here, but %1 on a $35,000 car is exactly $350.:cool:

She said INCOME tax rich. that's 2.8% if I recall correctly.

also, if you'll hold ctrl and hit the 'a' key....and re read my initial post....

TheMercenary;599901 wrote:

A drop in the bucket to help out the po folk right? Maybe they should up it to 5% and really do some good, eh?

maybe we should all poke ourselves in the eye.

Man, having a sales tax that high on top of an income tax is pretty damn steep. I hope you get some nice highways out of that highway robbery.

I have always thought of Pennsylvania's highways as inferior to every single one of its neighbors'. I base this perception on the experience of crossing the border in any direction ( I have crossed the PA border into the following states: NJ, DE, MD, OH, NY, WV) and noticing that the pavement becomes blacker and smoother and better marked as you leave the state. Maryland in particular has always seemed to have fabulous new blacktop.

It's spose to be because we in PA have more miles of road to cover per tax dolla.

For the first time in my memory we have decent pavement from home to the New York State line. I'd say LJ and UT are spot on. PA has a metric ass-load of small very rural roads that have to get some minimal maintenance.

And the major roads like I-80 and the Turnpike, get a shitload of truck traffic.

That's right, Bruce. Blame the trucks!

Yeah, 'cause, Ohio, and other states, hardly have any traffic.

BrianR;600059 wrote:

That's right, Bruce. Blame the trucks!

When they plan the strength and maintenance of highways, they disregard automobile traffic, basing it on the wear and tear of truck usage.

I know that, Bruce. I'm just giving you a hard time! :)

I know you know that, but some (many?) may not, so I'm not letting you weasel out of the blame, you road beater, you. :p

Dear Mayor Nutter,

Thank you for giving me yet another reason not to enter the City of Philadelphia.

Love and hugs,

wolf