Inclusive Growth Coalition
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04/06/2025
Unnecessary BIRT and wage taxes are holding Philadelphia back. Our outdated tax structure makes it difficult for businesses to grow and hire locally, while also placing an unfair burden on workers.
Eliminating the BIRT and reducing the wage tax would help ease financial burden for local businesses and workers, making our city more competitive nationwide.
It’s time to fix our broken tax system. City leaders must come together and act on smart tax reform to support economic growth, local job creation, and a stronger Philadelphia.
Don’t just take our word for it — hear it from Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
PHLCouncil
Cindy Bass
Councilmember Quetcy Lozada
27/05/2025
Philadelphia small businesses: City Council is making important decisions about your future — right now!
As Jennifer Rodríguez , president & CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, wrote in a recent op-ed: “What they are really deciding is whether your business — your livelihood — will have the support it needs to grow, or if it will be held back by policies that make it harder to survive.”
What’s the threat? The Business Income and Receipts Tax (aka BIRT) that threatens thousands of small businesses — many Latino-owned — with new financial burdens and complexities.
What’s needed? Accelerated BIRT reductions and quarterly filings instead of annual anticipatory payments!
Small businesses need more support, not more stress.
https://brnw.ch/21wSXIR
PHLCouncil
Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
Councilman Anthony Phillips
Councilmember Rue Landau
13/05/2025
Mayor Parker’s proposed tax cuts run through the year 2038. What’s the delay?
When it comes to taxes, Philly needs bold action and strong reforms that meet the moment and can fix our tax structure once and for all!
For starters: eliminate the net income portion BIRT and cut Wage to below 3%...
Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21wSCMR
PHLCouncil
Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
Councilmember Rue Landau
Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr.
When Jigar Mehta heard that the $100,000 BIRT exemption for small businesses is going away, he made his way over to City Hall to testify and members of City Council know just how damaging this change would be for Philadelphia’s small businesses — specifically mom-and-pop businesses like the one he grew up with.
A board member of the Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia, Mehta is knowledgeable about and familiar with many aspects of business, finance, and taxes, but it does not take an expert to see that revoking the BIRT exemption is an attack on small business owners’ wealth and opportunities to grow, expand, and hire more local talent.
Hear more from him: https://brnw.ch/21wSvCV
PHLCouncil
Councilman Kenyatta Johnson
Cindy Bass
Councilmember Kendra Brooks
