Presenter
Presented by Mr. Peduto
Title
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption; Section 263.02, Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty; paragraph (a), Discount in advance, and paragraph (c), Interest for late payments, to change the discount and delinquent dates for the year 2010.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption; Section 263.02, Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty; paragraph (a), Discount in advance, is hereby supplemented to read as follows:
ยง263.02 PAYMENT OPTIONS, DISCOUNT
AND DELINQUENCY PENALTY.
(a) Discount in advance. Taxes levied under this
Chapter shall be payable in advance during the
months of January and February of the current
year. A discount of two (2) percent shall be allowed on all taxes due hereunder and paid during the month of January and up to February 10; beginning February 11, taxes shall be payable at face value. For the year of 2010 only, a discount of two (2) percent shall be allowed on all taxes due hereunder and paid during the months of January and February
and through March 1; beginning March 2, 2010, all taxes shall be payable at face value.
Section 2. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption; Section 263.02, Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty; paragraph (c), Interest for late payments, is hereby supplemented to read as follows:
(c) Interest for late payments. Taxes imposed under this Chapter which are not paid by the last day of February or, in the case of tri-annual payments, by the due dates set forth above, shall become delinquent. Where the taxpayer makes no payment by the last day of February, the entire year's t...
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