City of Philadelphia working through law firm to discover unpaid business income taxes

Realtors and real estate brokers across southeastern Pennsylvania have begun receiving notices from the law firm Goehring, Rutter & Boehm (GRB Law) announcing they are working on behalf of the City of Philadelphia “to discover businesses that are not filing Business Income & Receipts Tax (BIRT) returns and may owe taxes.”

Suburban Realtors Alliance staff have verified through Philadelphia’s Department of Revenue that GRB and other collection agencies are indeed contracted by the city, and are working to verify whether outstanding BIRT is owed by real estate professionals who have transacted property in Philadelphia.

To learn more about the BIRT, visit the Business Taxes page of the city’s website. 

Photo: The night skyline of downtown Philadelphia as seen from the South Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River. (Flickr/Andrew Parlette)