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×Learn how your real estate taxes will be invested in your local schools under the Mayor's proposed budget for fiscal year 2016.
You can use this application to estimate changes to your real estate taxes. By using it, you have agreed to its Terms & Conditions.
FY16 budget data is only available for District-operated schools.
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The Mayor's proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 will increase real estate taxes from 1.34% to 1.4651% to invest in Philadelphia Public Schools.
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Show DetailsThe estimated property tax does not factor in any tax relief programs or payment agreements you may have with the Department of Revenue, such as the Senior Citizen Low Income Tax Freeze. If you have questions about those programs, please go to www.phila.gov/revenue or call 215-686-6442.
The estimated property tax is based on your property’s assessed value for FY16 as well as a homestead exemption, abatement, or enrollment in the Longtime Owner Occupants Program (LOOP) if any apply. If you do not have a Homestead Exemption and would like to apply or have questions about your home value, please go to www.phila.gov/opa or call 215-686-9200 (in any language). If you already have an abatement or are enrolled in the Longtime Owner Occupants Program (LOOP), then you are ineligible to also have the Homestead Exemption.
Every cent of your tax dollars will be invested in our public schools.
Your local schools will spend their investment on:
School resources are based on the School District of Philadelphia's Fiscal Year 2016 District Operating Budget assuming the requested funding from both the Mayor's and Governor's budgets are approved.