As I wrote to our representatives, if the Ohio Legislature won’t help cities make ends meet, we will be faced with having to reduce department staffing levels and curtail services or ask wage earners in the City to pay a higher income tax. I told them that I couldn’t ask our citizens...
This Essay explains the constitutional challenge to the City wage tax, argues that the tax is unconstitutional, describes steps the City could take to save that tax, and raises the question of whether Philadelphia should save or eliminate its wage tax.Knoll, Michael S...
State and city taxes generated $1.1 billion in tax revenue. Each household in Greater Philadelphia would need to be taxed an additional $660 to replace the visitor-generated state and local taxes in 2024. Also, the visitor economy would cover the average salary of 17,600 public school teachers...