Anyone who was around Philadelphia in the '80s has to be impressed by the transformation of Center City. Read More

Philadelphia residents whose tax bills are slated to go up next year received good news Monday when a tax-relief package moved closer to becoming law. Read More

Three pieces of legislation needed to provide property tax relief in Philadelphia have cleared a first hurdle in Harrisburg. Read More

During budget hearings today at Philadelphia City Hall (see related story), an official of the Board of Revision of Taxes projected a wide range of outcomes later this year as it begins plowing through appeals filed on the city’s new property assessments. Read More

The 2300 block of Christian Street sits squarely in Graduate Hospital, for more than a decade one of the city's hottest neighborhoods, where new homes and residents have translated into skyrocketing prices. Read More

The controversy over Philadelphia’s new property assessments has led to a related debate over the city’s 10-year tax abatement. Read More

AS ELECTED officials eye ways to protect those who will see astronomical increases under the city's property-tax reform, many say it's time to reconsider tax abatements for new construction and exempt properties. Read More

Another game of pass the buck? Harrisburg taxpayers say, yes. A proposed property tax hike of nearly 10% has several residents feeling like a pawn. Read More

It’s possible that soon, Pennsylvanians 60 and older crushed by soaring local property taxes will be able to have them reduced by “volunteering” to work at a local school to earn property tax credits. I’m not really sure how it counts as “volunteering” if you’re working for money, but that’s how they’re selling it. And if that’s not sounding like a depraved callback to pre-New Deal America yet, Republican State Representatives are bragging that the hourly rate of tax credits earned will amount to less than minimum wage. Read More

The York County Planning Commission wasn’t necessarily given the best of news this past week when the group convened to begin the process of updating the county’s comprehensive plan. Read More

In response to a recent out-of-court settlement with Walmart, the two Republican Bradford County commissioners said they get very aggravated sometimes with larger companies that appeal their property tax assessments in the county. Read More

Flemington Borough Council approved tax breaks for a pair of property owners that completed more than $1.2 million worth of improvements to their properties. Read More

The authors of legislation to eliminate school property taxes by increasing the state sales and income taxes argued that the time is finally right to eliminate an extremely unpopular tax, while pointing to an analysis completed by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office as evidence that their plan will work. Read More

Some Philadelphians have been worried sick about what Mayor Michael Nutter's proposed property-tax rate will be. Read More

Lawmakers pushing to eliminate school property taxes unveiled a new revenue-replacement bill Tuesday that provides for a higher state income tax rate than an earlier version did. Read More

 Some elected officials in Philadelphia say the new citywide property assessments are full of inaccuracies, but today Mayor Nutter strongly defended the figures. Read More

MAYOR NUTTER HAS talked a good game about cracking down on property-tax deadbeats. At a recent news conference, he said, "We're going to chase their little asses down as hard as possible!" Read More

Fortunately there is a better plan! Joshua Vincent has a hot new article in the Philadelphia Public Record critiquing the various proposals, and separating the better ideas from the worse ones. Read More