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CCH® PAYROLL — 02/26/10

Philadelphia mayor signs amnesty ordinance

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has signed an ordinance that was passed by the city council in December 2009 providing a tax amnesty period that will occur over 45 days in May and June 2010 and overlap with the state amnesty program, which was reported previously (see CCH PAYROLL MANAGEMENT GUIDE Report Letter, Issue No. 2117, dated October 20, 2009.) The amnesty measure applies to 17 different taxes administered by the city and applies to debts originally due and payable from February 1986 through June 2009.

Taxpayers that are either under criminal investigation or have been named in a criminal complaint related to the delinquency or who have participated in any prior tax amnesty program are ineligible to participate in the program.

Under the terms of the amnesty bill, 100% of accrued penalties and 50% of accrued interest due on delinquencies are waived after the taxpayer makes all required payments.

(Bill No. 090686, City of Philadelphia, signed by Mayor Nutter on January 27, 2010.)

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